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shaitan

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Multicultural-London-English: /ˈʃeɪtan/

1

name

Meaning 1

Iblis, Satan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a demon/devil; or evil jinn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A dust storm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

(Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shaytan

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn

History

Etymology

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

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

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shejtan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Amharic: ሳይጣን (sayṭan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Arabic: شَيْطَان (šayṭān) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Armenian: շեյթան (šeytʻan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Assamese: চৈতান (soitan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Azerbaijani: şeytan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Bashkir: шайтан (şaytan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Belarusian: шайта́н (šajtán) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Bengali: শয়তান (śoẏtan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Bulgarian: шейта́н (šejtán) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Chechen: шайтӏа (šajtʼa) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Chinese: шэтани (šetani) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撒旦 (sādàn) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Crimean Tatar: şaytan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Esperanto: Satano — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Finnish: shaitan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • French: chétane — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Georgian: შაიტანი (šaiṭani) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • German: Schaitan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Gujarati: શયતાન (śayatān) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Hausa: shaidan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Hebrew: שייטן (shaytán) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Hindi: शैतान (śaitān) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Indonesian: syaitan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Japanese: シャイターン (shaitān) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Kazakh: сайтан (saitan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Kazakh: шайтан (şaitan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Korean: 사탄 (satan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Central Kurdish: شەیتان (şeytan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Northern Kurdish: şeytan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Kyrgyz: шайтан (şaytan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Macedonian: шејтан (šejtan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Malay: syaitan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Maltese: xitan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Marathi: सैतान (saitān) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Odia: ଶୟତାନ (śayatāna) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Pashto: شيطان (šaytān) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Persian: شَیْطَان (šaytān) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Iranian Persian: شِیْطان (šeytân) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Portuguese: shaitan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ (śaitān) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Romanian: șeitan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Russian: шайта́н (šajtán) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Serbo-Croatian: ше́јта̄н — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Serbo-Croatian: šéjtān — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Somali: shayddaan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Sundanese: sétan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Swahili: shetani — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Tajik: шайтон (šayton) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Tatar: шайтан (şaytan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Thai: ชัยฏอน (chai-dtɔɔn) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Tigrinya: ሰይጣን (säyṭan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Turkish: şeytan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Ottoman Turkish: شیطان (şeytan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Turkmen: şeýtan — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Ukrainian: шайта́н (šajtán) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Urdu: شَیطان (śaitān) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Uyghur: شەيتان (sheytan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Uzbek: shayton — Iblis, Satan in Islam
  • Yiddish: שאַיטאַן (shaytan) — Iblis, Satan in Islam
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