Shaitan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Shaitan
< Arabic Shayṭān, cognate with Hebrew śātān Satan
Example Sentences
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In a war "mostly remembered with shame," Bisht writes that Major Shaitan Singh and his men achieved great glory.
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 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
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 Kipling, Rudyard
S: Shaitan threatens you with poverty and enjoins you to be niggardly, and Allah promises you forgiveness from Himself and abundance; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
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