Shaitan

[ shahy-tahn ]
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Origin of Shaitan

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<Arabic Shayṭān, cognate with Hebrew śātānSatan

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How to use Shaitan in a sentence

  • When the enemy switched his searchlights off Shaitan hauled out too.

    Sea Warfare | Rudyard Kipling
  • Yet Shaitan had had her little crumb of comfort ere the end.

    Sea Warfare | Rudyard Kipling
  • It is a belief of the Kalmucks that this gloomy spot is inhabited by Shaitan, and they regard it with superstitious dread.

    Some Heroes of Travel | W. H. Davenport Adams
  • The leader of one line was Gehenna, and the next two ships astern of her were Eblis and Shaitan, in the order given.

    Sea Warfare | Rudyard Kipling
  • Almost as Shaitan took station behind Goblin the latter was lighted up by a large ship and heavily fired at.

    Sea Warfare | Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for Shaitan

Shaitan

/ (ʃaɪˈtɑːn) /


noun(in Muslim countries)
    • Satan

    • any evil spirit

    • a vicious person or animal

Origin of Shaitan

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C17: from Arabic shaytān, from Hebrew śātān; see Satan

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