 Zaar means "Person of the land", literally meaning person of self relying on farming.The Sayawa are said to have come far from the east to the present Chad Republic between the 9th and 13th centuries.It is believed that they migrated together with the Jarawa, Warjawa in Ningi Local Government Area, Famawa, Angasawa, Surawa, Mgavul and Mupun in Plateau state; Kutumbawa in Kano State, Babur/Burra, Margi and Kilba in Borno and Adamawa states.