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Shaitan

Meaning of "Shaitan" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHAITAN

From Arabic shaytān, from Hebrew śātān.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SHAITAN

ʃaɪˈtɑːn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHAITAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shaitan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHAITAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Devil (Islam)

In Islam, the Devil is known as Iblīs or Shayṭān, born under the name Azazel. In Islam Iblis is a jinni who refused to bow to Adam. The primary characteristic of the Devil, besides hubris, is that he has no power other than the power to cast evil suggestions into humans and jinn, although the Quran mentions appointing jinn to assist those who are far from God in a general context. "We made the evil ones friends to those without faith."...

Definition of Shaitan in the English dictionary

The definition of Shaitan in the dictionary is any evil spirit. Other definition of Shaitan is a vicious person or animal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHAITAN

Afghanistan · Balochistan · Bhutan · Hindustan · Khotan · Kurdistan · Kyrgyzstan · Multan · Nuristan · Pakistan · Pathan · Rajasthan · sheitan · Siangtan · Tadjikistan · Tajikistan · tarn · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Xiangtan

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHAITAN

Shah Jahan · Shah of Iran · shahada · Shahaptan · Shahaptian · Shahaptin · Shaharith · shahdom · shaheed · Shahjahanpur · Shahn · shahtoosh · shaird · Shaka

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHAITAN

cosmopolitan · El Capitan · Good Samaritan · heteropolitan · Liverpolitan · megalopolitan · metropolitan · Neapolitan · nonmetropolitan · pentapolitan · puritan · Samaritan · securitan · technopolitan · tetrapolitan · Theocritan · titan · witan

Synonyms and antonyms of Shaitan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Shaitan» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SHAITAN

Find out the translation of Shaitan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Shaitan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Shaitan» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

撒旦
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Shaitan
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Shaitan
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

शैतान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشيطان
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Шайтан
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Shaitan
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

শয়তান
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Shaitan
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Shaitan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

shaitan
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

Shaitan
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

Shaitan
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Shaitan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Shaitan
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஷைத்தான்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शैतान
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şeytan
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Shaitan
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

szatan
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Шайтан
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Shaitan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Shaitan
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Shaitan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Shaitan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Shaitan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Shaitan

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHAITAN»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Shaitan
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Shaitan».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Shaitan

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHAITAN»

Discover the use of Shaitan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Shaitan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shaitan
In a remote corner of northern India, British hunter Dennis Brooke takes on the harrowing mission of stalking the dreaded Shaitan, a man-eating leopard in which, legend has it, lives the soul of a human demon
Max Ehrlich, 1983
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The Webs of Shaitan
How safe are we from the traps of Satan? How immune are we from the arrows of enemy? This small book highlights, in a free and racy prose, the major areas where Satan penetrates souls and the routes of escaping him.
Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, 2011
3
Protection of Earth Slopes of Hydraulic Structures
This study deals with the design of slope protection measures by considering a wide range of variation of the elements constituting a stowm effect (irregular wind waves).
Volʹdemar S. Shaitan, Konstantin V. Shaitan, Dina V. Morozova, 1997
4
First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936
(F. Krenkow) SHAITAN, Satan. (See also Djinn, IblIs). "Every proud and rebellious one among djinn, men and animals" is the meaning given in the dictionaries. As applied to spirits shaitan has two distinct meanings with separate histories.
‎1993
5
Concordance of the Qur'an: Extracted from the M.H. Shakir ...
decided: Surely Allah promised l5:l7 And We guard it against every accursed Shaitan. l6:36 in every nation an apostle saying: Serve Allah and shun the Shaitan. So l6:63 before you, but the Shaitan made their deeds fair-seeming to them, ...
‎2007
6
Beware! Satan: Strategy of Defense
word shaitan (in English, 'satan') is derived from an Arabic root and can be analyzed in various ways when the triconsonantal root is divided into its component parts. Focusing on the letter n in the final position, some linguists are inclined to ...
Mehmet Yavuz Seker, 2008
7
Luciferian Witchcraft
The Luciferian Path is of seeking Light but also the union by spiritual disunion via the mythological Godforms of Shaitan, Lilith, Cain and the Sabbat Deities of the Left Hand Path. It was Shaitan who originally was ordered to prostrate before the  ...
Michael Ford, 2005
8
Out of Darkness Into Light: Spiritual Guidance in the Quran ...
Iblis is also known as Shaitan, meaning "one who is far from God," from the root word shatana, "far away." Non-Muslims will recognize Shaitan as a cognate for Satan, and they will also recognize the story of Shaitan's descent into hell.
Jamal Rahman, Kathleen Schmitt Elias, Ann Holmes Redding, 2009
9
The Dark Lord: H. P. Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant, and the ...
The first of these ideas—that the Yezidi are “devil worship— pers”—is connected to the fact that Shaitan is an important element of the Yezidi belief—system. Shaitan—or “Satan”—is the Fallen Angel who rebelled against God when humans ...
Peter Levenda, 2013
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Stochastic Dynamics of Reacting Biomolecules
K.V. Shaitan (1996): "The topological structure of hypersurfaces of conformational energy levels and physical mechanisms of internal proteins mobility" . Macromolec- ular Symp. 106, 321-335. K.V Shaitan, N.K. Balabaev, A.S. Lemak, M.D. ...
Werner Ebeling, Lutz Schimansky-Geier, Yuri M. Romanovsky, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHAITAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Shaitan is used in the context of the following news items.
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After Making Cult Films Like Shaitan, Bejoy Nambiar is Back with …
Bejoy Nambiar's earlier directorial ventures like Shaitan and David have become cult favourites. He now enters the big star territory with his new Amitabh ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
2
Major Shaitan Singh's widow dies
Shagun Kanwar, the wife of Indian Army's iconic war hero of Rezang La Major Shaitan Singh, passed away in her native village Shaitan Singh Nagar here. «Business Standard, Apr 15»
3
Shaitan ki khala: Washing Brains the ISIS Way?
Today Moulvi sahib was saying in his khutbah that women who work outside home are from Shaitan. They are going to hell. He paused for my reaction but ... «TwoCircles.net, Aug 14»
4
The Shaitan director gets busy this year
Bejoy Nambiar belies any expectations one would have about the director of the slick and brash Shaitan. Soft-spoken and self-effacing, he's refreshingly candid ... «The Hindu, Jul 14»
5
Gulshan Devaiah turns 'Shaitan' for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's …
Gulshan Devaiah, who received praises for his role in SHAITAN, will be seen in an all new avatar in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's RAMLEELA. The talented actor ... «GlamSham, Sep 13»
6
AKSHAY KUMAR and SHIV PANDIT
Well, buzz is that the Akshay Kumar was so impressed with Shiv Pandit's performance in SHAITAN that he immediately called him for an audition for his ... «GlamSham, Jul 13»
7
Shaitan new episodes to focus on female criminals
Popular crime based show Shaitan- A Criminal Mind is coming up with a series of new episodes which will focus on female criminals. Shaitan is presented by ... «Indian Express, May 13»
8
Bejoy Nambiar – “David is a very sincere attempt to do something …
Coming off the critically acclaimed Shaitan, which was produced by mentor Anurag Kashyap, Nambiar is striking out on his own terms with the ambitious ... «Bollywood Spice, Jan 13»
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Sharad Kelkar takes to crime with Shaitan!
What's more, if our feathered friends are to be believed, Shaitan will go on air by the end of this month. But do you think it will be able to compete with the existing ... «Bollywood Life, Nov 12»
10
SHAITAN lass Kirti Kulhari now in Girish Malik's JAL
SHAITAN lass Kirti Kulhari now in Girish Malik's JAL ... to fame was with her much appreciated performance in SHAITAN will soon be seen in Girish Malik's JAL, ... «GlamSham, Jul 12»
REFERENCE
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