Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān). Compare Kannada ಸೈತಾನ (saitāna), Hindi शैतान (śaitān), Punjabi ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ (śaitān) / شیطان (śet̤ān), Bengali শয়তান (śoẏotan), Assamese চৈতান (soitan), Sylheti ꠡꠄꠔꠣꠘ (śoetan).

Noun edit

सैतान (saitānm

  1. devil, shaitan
  2. (figuratively) cruel person

Proper noun edit

सैतान (saitānm

  1. Satan

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “सैतान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सैतान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सैतान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).