shaitan
See also: Shaitan
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From Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”). Doublet of Satan.
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shaitan (plural shaitans)
- (Islam) a demon/devil; or evil jinn.
- 2014, Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad, Burning issues in Afro-Asiatic linguistics, page 141:
- '... hence, we are always malā'ika (angels), forgetting that ashayṭān was once a malāk (angel).
- 2014, Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad, Burning issues in Afro-Asiatic linguistics, page 140:
- '... 'A man and a jinni became friends. One day, the man asked the jinni, 'How come you look like a real human being?' [The jinni answered,]'We... shayāṭīn 'devils/demons' appear to people in whatever form we want, and we disappear whenever we want.'.
- (India, archaic) A dust storm.
- 1888, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society:
- Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them.
- 1925, Henry Michael Collins, From pigeon post to wireless, page 158:
- The dust borne in these shaitans of wind is often carried for vast distances […]
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English shaitan, from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: shai‧tan
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shaitan m (plural shaitans)
- (Arab mythology) shaitan (an evil djinn or devil)