shaitan

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Noun

shaitan (plural shaitans)

1. a demon, a devil an enemy of divine
2. (Islam) Iblis, Satan.
3. (India, archaic) A dust storm.
   • 1888, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

     Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them.

   • 1925, Henry Michael Collins, From pigeon post to wireless (page 158)

     The dust borne in these shaitans of wind is often carried for vast distances […]

Translations

• Portuguese: shaitan
• Russian: шайта́н

Related terms

• jinn
• jann
• nasnas
• ghoul
• angel

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