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 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
In a war "mostly remembered with shame," Bisht writes that Major Shaitan Singh and his men achieved great glory.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
S: O men! eat the lawful and good things out of what is in the earth, and do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan; surely he is your open enemy.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
The leader of one line was Gehenna, and the next two ships astern of her were Eblis and Shaitan, in the order given.
From Sea Warfare by Kipling, Rudyard
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