The Collaborative International Dictionary
sheytan
Shaitan \Shai"tan\, Sheitan \Shei"tan\, n. [Written also sheytan.] [Hind. shait[=a]n, fr. Ar. shai[.t][=a]n.]
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Among Mohammedans:
An evil spirit; the evil one; the devil.
One of bad disposition; a fiend. [Colloq.]
(Meteor.) A dust storm. [India]
Usage examples of "sheytan".
He is in league with Sheytan, who came hi the guise of el-fil and carried the Nasrany into the jungle, after throwing me upon the top of the beyt of Abd el-Aziz whom I still hear squealing and cursing beneath as though it had been he who was attacked rather than I.