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Shai⋅tan

  [shahy-tahn]
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–noun
Ash-Shaytān.
Origin:
< Ar Shayṭān, c. Heb śātān Satan

Ash-Shay⋅tān

  [ash-shahy-tahn]
–noun
(in Muslim usage) Satan; the devil.
Also, Shaytan, Shaitan, Sheitan.

Origin:
< Ar al-Shaytān; see Satan
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shai·tan   (shī-tän', shā-)   
n.  

  1. often Shaitan Islam The Devil; Satan.

  2. An evil spirit; a fiend.


[Arabic šayṭān, from Ethiopic śayṭān, from Aramaic sāṭānā, from Hebrew śāṭān; see śṭn in Semitic roots.]
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shaitan

in Islamic myth, an unbelieving class of jinn ("spirits"); it is also the name of Iblis, the devil, when he is performing demonic acts.

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