Shaytan
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It was "shaytan," which means the devil in my parent's mother tongue, Amharic.
From Salon
In “Talk to Me,” Killer Mike recounts his experience on the campaign trail by name-checking the Arabic word for Satan while seeming to critique Donald Trump: “Went to war with the devil and Shaytan / He wore a bad toupee and a spray tan.”
From Los Angeles Times
There are comparisons between Melek Taus and the Quranic Shaytan, or the Satan of the bible.
From Slate
Bathurst said his friend often spoke of the presence of shaytan—the Arabic term for devils and demons.
From The New Yorker
His other name Shaytan means “devil” in Arabic.
From Time
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