Shaitan
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of Shaitan
< Arabic Shayṭān, cognate with Hebrew śātān Satan
Example Sentences
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It can just f**k with you, but not necessarily of Shaitan, you know?
From Salon
Among Sunnis, it’s been dubbed Hizbu Shaitan, or “Party of the Devil.” It also remains a tool of Iran, more than three decades after it was created, and is still heavily dependent on Tehran’s financial largesse.
From The New Yorker
They put a bounty on his head and called him Al Shaitan Ramadi: the Devil of Ramadi.
From New York Times
The film is anchored by a steady lead performance by Raj Kumar Yadav, who has played character roles in films such as Love Sex Aur Dhoka, Ragini MMS, Shaitan and Gangs of Wasseypur 2.
From BBC
Shaitan, shī′tan, n. the devil, any evil spirit or devilish person.
From Project Gutenberg
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