shaitan

(s̸hī tän)

noun

Satan, or the Devil, in Muslim usage

Origin: Ar šaiṭān, akin to Heb saṭan: see Satan

See shaitan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. often Shaitan Islam The Devil; Satan.
  2. An evil spirit; a fiend.

Origin:

Origin: Arabic šayṭān

Origin: , from Ethiopic śayṭān

Origin: , from Aramaic sāṭānā

Origin: , from Hebrew śāṭān; see śṭn in Semitic roots

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