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Shaitan

[shahy-tahn]
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noun
  1. Ash-Shaytān.
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Origin of Shaitan

< Arabic Shayṭān, cognate with Hebrew śātān Satan
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Examples from the Web for shaitan

Historical Examples

  • Bid them pause, or I'll blow you all straight into the arms of Shaitan.

    The Sea-Hawk

    Raphael Sabatini

  • O God, defend the deceased from Shaitan (devil) and from the torments of the grave.

  • They sent me to beg you fairly to put up your little Shaitan again.

    A Modern Telemachus

    Charlotte M. Yonge

  • Shaitan whined at the door, and the Gadfly rose to let him in.

    The Gadfly

    E. L. Voynich

  • As soon would they let loose in the world Shaitan and all the Jins.

    The Treasure of the Tigris

    A. F. Mockler Ferryman

British Dictionary definitions for shaitan

Shaitan

noun (in Muslim countries)
    1. Satan
    2. any evil spirit
    3. a vicious person or animal
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Word Origin

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