shaitan
noun/ˈʃeɪtan/
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”). Doublet of shetani and Satan.
- borrowed from شَيْطَان
Definitions
a demon/devil
a demon/devil; or evil jinn.
- '... hence, we are always malā'ika (angels), forgetting that ashayṭān was once a malāk (angel).
A dust storm.
- Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them.
- The dust borne in these shaitans of wind is often carried for vast distances […]
Iblis, Satan.
- He thanks Allah for his mercy to men in sending Mohammed the Prophet, who gave the world the True Belief, and he curses Shaitan, who wages war against Allah and his children.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for shaitan. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA