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leader of group, etc.

• Albanian: prijës (sq) m, pringj m
• Aleut: tukux̂
• Apache:
  Western Apache: nantʼán
• Arabic: شَيْخ (ar) m (šayḵ), قَائِد m (qāʔid)
• Armenian: առաջնորդ (hy) (aṙaǰnord)
• Bangi: mokonzi
• Belarusian: правады́р m (pravadýr), гало́ўны (be) m (halówny), во́дца m (vódca), важа́к m (važák)
• Bulgarian: вожд (bg) m (vožd), главата́р (bg) m (glavatár), водач (bg) m (vodač)
• Catalan: cap (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ (ugvwiyuhi)
• Chichewa: mfumu
• Chickasaw: minko'
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 頭子 / 头子 (zh) (tóuzi)
• Czech: náčelník (cs) m, šéf (cs) m
• Egyptian: (wr m)
• Estonian: pealik (et)
• Finnish: johtaja (fi)
• French: chef (fr) m
• Friulian: cjâf m, dûs m
• Galician: xefe (gl) m, caporal (gl) m, coudel m, bren m, cabedel m
• German: Häuptling (de) m, Oberhaupt (de) n
• Greek: αρχηγός (el) m or f (archigós)
  Ancient Greek: προστάτης m (prostátēs), (Epic) ὄρχαμος m (órkhamos)
• Hindi: मुखिया (hi) m (mukhiyā), प्रधान (hi) m (pradhān), श्रेष्ठ (hi) m (śreṣṭh), मुख्य (hi) m (mukhya), शेख (hi) m (śekh), मालिक (hi) m (mālik), मालक (hi) m (mālak), सरदार (hi) m (sardār), प्रमुख (hi) m (pramukh)
• Hungarian: főnök (hu) sg
• Icelandic: höfðingi (is) m (e.g. chief of a tribe), foringi (is) m, leiðtogi (is) m
• Ido: chefo (io)
• Italian: capo (it) m
• Japanese: 長 (ja) (ちょう, chō), チーフ (ja) (chīfu)
• Khmer: មេ (km) (mei)
• Kongo: mfumu
• Korean: 장(長) (ko) (jang)
• Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: serok (ku)
• Kyrgyz: башчы (ky) (başcı)
• Ladino: kapo, kapu (Monastir), shef, el gadol
• Lakota: itȟáŋčhaŋ, wičháša itȟáŋčhaŋ
• Latin: prīnceps (la) m, praepositus, procer m
• Lingala: mokonzi
• Lutuv: khybyi
• Macedonian: главатар m (glavatar), поглавар m (poglavar), главешина f (glavešina), старешина m (starešina), водач m (vodač)
• Malayalam: തലവൻ (ml) (talavaṉ), നേതാവ് (ml) (nētāvŭ)
• Manchu: ᡩᠠ (da)
• Mansaka: dato
• Manx: ard-er m, ard-ghooinney m
• Māori: rangatira (mi), poumatua, ariki (mi), ringawhero
• Mi'kmaq: saqamaw anim, saqama'sgw anim
• Miwok:
  Central Sierra Miwok: hajá·po-, má·jyŋy- f
• Munsee: kíhkay
• Mwani: nfalume
• Nandi: olaitorio
• Navajo: naatʼáanii
• Ngarrindjeri: rupelli
• Norman: chef m
• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: høvding (no) m
  Nynorsk: høvding m
• Occitan: cap (oc) m
• Ojibwe: ogimaa
• Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: вождь m (voždĭ)
• Old East Slavic: вожь m (vožĭ)
• Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰏 (beg)
• Ottawa: gimaa
• Pashto: ملک m (malak)
• Pawnee: riisaaruʼ (Skiri), reesaaruʼ (South Band)
• Persian: سرگروه (fa) (sargoruh) (for a group), سردسته (sardaste) (for a bunch of people), رئیس (fa) (re'is) (general), سریاک (saryāk) (archaic, general)
• Polish: wódz (pl) m
• Portuguese: chefe (pt) m, líder (pt) m or f
• Rapa Nui: 'ariki
• Romanian: căpetenie (ro) f, șef (ro) m
• Russian: вождь (ru) m (voždʹ) (of a tribe), гла́вный (ru) m (glávnyj)
• Samoan: matai
• Sanskrit: शिरस् (sa) n (śíras)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannard m
• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: погла̀ва̄р m, по̀главица m, во̏ђа m, гла̀ва̄р m
  Latin: poglàvār (sh) m, pòglavica (sh) m, vȍđa (sh) m, glàvār (sh) m
• Slovak: náčelník m, šéf m
• Slovene: glavar m
• Spanish: jefe (es) m, cacique (es) m or f, curaca m
• Swahili: chifu (sw), jumbe
• Swedish: hövding (sv) c (of a tribe), ledare (sv) c
• Tagalog: puno (tl)
• Talysh:
  Asalemi: رئیس (rais), رییس (rais)
• Tamil: தலைவன் (ta) (talaivaṉ)
• Taos: łòwaʼána, tə̀otʼų́nena (of town or house)
• Tocharian B: tāś
• Tok Pisin: bigman
• Tumbuka: fumu class 9/6
• Turkish:
  Ottoman Turkish: رئیس (reʼis), قوجه (koca)
• Ukrainian: вождь (voždʹ), головни́й (uk) (holovnýj), проводи́р (uk) m (provodýr)
• Woiwurrung: ngurungaeta, nanggit
• Yiddish: הויפּט m (hoypt), שעף m (shef), ראָש m (rosh)
• Zulu: inkosi (zu) class 9/6