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shaitan

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Multicultural London English/ˈʃeɪtan/

shaitan noun: a demon/devil; or evil jinn.

Noun

shaitan (plural shaitans)

  1. a demon/devil; or evil jinn.
    • '... 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 141
    • '... '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.'.2014, Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad, Burning issues in Afro-Asiatic linguistics, page 140
  2. (India, archaic) A dust storm.
    • Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them.1888, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
    • The dust borne in these shaitans of wind is often carried for vast distances […]1925, Henry Michael Collins, From pigeon post to wireless, page 158

Proper noun capitalized: Shaitan

Shaitan

  1. Iblis, Satan.
    • Beside him two Egyptian artillerymen with their throats cut were sobbing out their lives upon the ground. "Who lays the gun this time?" asked the fierce chief, glaring at the frightened gunners. "Here, thou black-browed child of Shaitan, aim, and aim for thy life."1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Green Flag
    • 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.1904, S. L. Bensusan, Morocco

shaitan meaning in Bengali

shaitan in Bengali

Shaitan, Satan
শয়তান śoẏtan

Forms of shaitan

Noun
pluralshaitans
alternative formshaytan
alternative formsheytân
alternative formsheitan
Proper noun
alternative formAl-Shaytaan

Origin of shaitan

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”). Doublet of shetani and Satan.

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”)

Questions about shaitan

What does shaitan mean?
Shaitan means a demon/devil; or evil jinn.
What is shaitan in Bengali?
Shaitan in Bengali is শয়তান (śoẏtan). See Shaitan meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is shaitan?
Shaitan can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce shaitan?
Shaitan is pronounced /ˈʃeɪtan/ (Multicultural London English).
What is the plural of shaitan?
The plural of shaitan is shaitans.

Words near shaitan in the dictionary

  1. Shainyan
  2. Shaiqiya
  3. shairl
  4. shairn
  5. Shairp
  6. shaitan
  7. shaitans
  8. Shaiva
  9. Shaivas
  10. Shaivism
  11. Shaivist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shaitan (page history and authors); Shaitan (page history and authors); শয়তান (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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