Shaitan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Shaitan
< Arabic Shayṭān, cognate with Hebrew śātān Satan
Example Sentences
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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 ● Jan. 7, 2026
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 ● Jan. 7, 2026
In a war "mostly remembered with shame," Bisht writes that Major Shaitan Singh and his men achieved great glory.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Kufa, 136; the abode of Bani Shaitan, xxxiv.
From A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 by Cherágh Ali
Shaitan, shī′tan, n. the devil, any evil spirit or devilish person.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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