Shaitan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Shaitan
< Arabic Shayṭān, cognate with Hebrew śātān Satan
Example Sentences
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The film, with Farhan Akhtar as Major Shaitan Singh, failed at the box office but succeeded in spotlighting a battle often described as the only silver lining in a war India lost.
From BBC
In her 2014 book on Major Shaitan Singh, journalist Rachna Bisht notes that C Company, from the plains, had never seen snow and lacked time to acclimatise.
From BBC
In a war "mostly remembered with shame," Bisht writes that Major Shaitan Singh and his men achieved great glory.
From BBC
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
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
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