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 ● 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
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
S: And certainly We raised in every nation a messenger saying: Serve Allah and shun the Shaitan.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Goblin swerved, returned, and swerved again; Shaitan astern tried to clear her, and the two fell aboard each other, Goblin's bows deep in Shaitan's fore-bridge.
From Sea Warfare by Rudyard Kipling
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