sheytân

A form of shaitan — A demon, devil, or evil jinn.

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Meanings

nounsheytân (plural sheytâns)

plural sheytâns

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of shaitan.

    When Adam was created, God commanded the angels to worship him; and they all obeyed except Iblees, who, for his disobedience, was turned into a Sheytân or Devil, and he became the father of the Sheytâns.

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn
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