شیطان

See also: شيطان

Khalaj

Noun

شَیطان (Şəytân) (definite accusative شَیطان‌ؽ)

1. Arabic spelling of Şəytân (“the Devil”)

Declension

Declension of شیطان

	singular
nominative	شیطان
genitive	شیطان‌ؽن
dative	شیطان‌قا
definite accusative	شیطان‌ؽ
locative	شیطان‌چا
ablative	شیطان‌دا
instrumental	شیطان‌لا
equative	شیطان‌وارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish شیطان (şeyṭān), from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “Satan, the Devil”).

Proper noun

شیطان • (şeytan)

1. (religion) Satan, the Devil, the supreme evil spirit or being in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin

   Synonym: ابلیس (iblis)

Noun

شیطان • (şeytan) (definite accusative شیطانی (şeytanı), plural شیاطین (şeyatin))

1. (religion) devil, demon, an evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force found in various cultures

   Synonym: طاغوت (tagut)

Derived terms

• دكرمن شیطانی (değirmen şeytânı, “elevator of a mill”)
• شیطان آقندیسی (şeytân akındısı, “the Devil's Current of the Bosphorus”)
• شیطان بزی (şeytân bezi, “kind of striped cotton cloth”)
• شیطان بوقی (şeytân boku, “asafoetida”)
• شیطان توكی (şeytân tüyi, “enchantment, fascination”, literally “devil's hair”)
• شیطان طرناغی (şeytân tırnağı, “hangnail”)
• شیطان عربه‌سی (şeytân ʼarabası, “floating down on a thistle”)
• شیطان قوشی (şeytân kuşu, “horseshoe bat”)
• شیطان چارشیسی (şeytân çarşısı, “a conjurer's shop”)
• شیطانجه (şeytânca, “somewhat devilish”)
• شیطانك آرد آیاغی (şeytânıñ ard ayağı, “mischief maker”)
• شیطانلق (şeytânlık, “deviltry, malicious craftiness”)
• شیطانلو (şeytânlı, “diabolical, crafty”)
• شیطانی (şeytânî, “diabolical, infernal”)
• شیطانی كور ایتمك (şeytânı kör etmek, “to make a good deed”, literally “to make the devil blind”)
• شیطانی كولدرمك (şeytânı güldürmek, “to leave something unifinished”, literally “to make the devil laugh”)

Descendants

• Turkish: şeytan
• → Albanian: shejtan
• → Armenian: շեյթան (šeytʻan)
• → Crimean Tatar: şeytan
• → Bulgarian: шейта́н (šejtán)
• → Macedonian: шејтан (šejtan)
• → Romanian: șeitan
• → Serbo-Croatian: šéjtān / ше́јта̄н

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “شیطان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 165
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şeytan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4468
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “شیطان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 293a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شیطان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 741
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Satan”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1511
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شیطان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2900
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şeytan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شیطان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1147

Persian

Alternative forms

• شیطون (šeytun) (colloquial, Tehrani)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃaj.ˈtaːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäj.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäj.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäj.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäj.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃej.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃej.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʃejt̪ʰuːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäj.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	šaytān
Dari reading?	šaytān
Iranian reading?	šeytân
Tajik reading?	šayton

Proper noun

Dari	شیطان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Шайтон

شیطان • (šeytân)

1. Satan; the Devil

Noun

Dari	شیطان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шайтон

شیطان • (šeytân) (plural شیطان‌ها, or شیاطین (šayâtin))

1. devil

Related terms

• شیطانی (šeytâni)
• شیطانه (šeytâne)

Adjective

Dari	شیطان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шайтон

شیطان • (šeytân)

1. naughty, devilish, mischievous

Descendants

• Tajik: шайтон (šayton)
• → Assamese: চৈতান (soitan)
• → Bashkir: шайтан (şaytan)
• → Bengali: শয়তান (śoẏotan)
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: شەيتان (sheytan)
  • Uzbek: shayton
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शैतान (śaitān)

  Urdu: شَیطان (śaitān)

• → Kannada: ಸೈತಾನ (saitāna)
• → Kazakh: сайтан (saitan), шайтан (şaitan)
• → Malay: setan, syaitan
  • Indonesian: setan, syaitan
    • → West Makian: setan
• → Malayalam: ശയ്ത്താന് (śayttāṉ), ശൈത്താൻ (śaittāṉ)
• → Marathi: सैतान (saitān)
• → Pashto: شيطان (šaytãn)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ (śaitān)

  Shahmukhi script: شیطان (śaitān)

• → Rohingya: cóitan
• → Sylheti: ꠡꠄꠔꠣꠘ (śoetan)
• → Tatar: шайтан (şaytan)
• → Tamil: சைத்தான் (caittāṉ)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَیْطان (šaytān), from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ.taː.n/
• Rhymes: -äːn

Adjective

شَیطان • (śait̤ān) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ)

1. mischievous
2. (literally) wicked, evil

Noun

شَیطان • (śait̤ān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ)

1. devil, satan
2. mischievous child

Proper noun

شَیطان • (śait̤ān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ)

1. Satan

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “شیطان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “شیطان”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān), likely through Classical Persian شَیْطان (šaytān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɛː.t̪ɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Adjective

شَیطان • (śaitān) (Hindi spelling शैतान)

1. mischievous
2. (literally) wicked, evil

Noun

شَیطان • (śaitān) m (formal plural شَیاطِین (śayātīn), Hindi spelling शैतान)

1. devil, satan
2. mischievous child

Proper noun

شَیطان • (śaitān) m (Hindi spelling शैतान)

1. Satan

References

• “شیطان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شیطان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.