shaihi

Hausa

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْخ‎ (šayḵ). Doublet of shehu.

Noun

shaihī̀ m (plural shàihùnai, possessed form shaihìn)

  1. (Islam) A great scholar or erudite person, especially in a Sufi order.
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