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Shaitan

//ˈʃeɪtan// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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.""

Noun
  1. 1
    a demon/devil; or evil jinn.

    "'... hence, we are always malā'ika (angels), forgetting that ashayṭān was once a malāk (angel)."

  2. 2
    (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray wordnet
  3. 3
    A dust storm. India, archaic

    "Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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