Sheitan


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sheitan

(ʃaɪˈtɑːn)
n
another name for Shaitan
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Shai•tan

or Shei•tan

(ʃaɪˈtɑn)

n.
(in Islam) Satan; the devil.
[< Arabic Shayṭān, c. Hebrew śātān Satan]
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