Sheitan

[ shahy-tahn ]

noun

1. Ash-Shaytān.

Example Sentences

“I killed the sheitan!” he yelled from the balcony, according to testimonies given by neighbours.

From The Guardian

Investigator: Your family heard, and your sister and your mother have confirmed that you were not feeling well and that you were repeating “Sheitan, sheitan.”

From The Guardian

“Sheitan” is an Arabic word for “devil”.

From The Guardian

I believe that they never saw a wheeled vehicle before; and the apparition of the long line of carts, drawn by the splendid Brahmin cattle, coming up laden with stores, from a defile which all their traditions from time immemorial have represented to them as being impracticable even for their own sure-footed little cattle, completed their assurance that the English are truly sons of Sheitan.

From Project Gutenberg

Without saying a word, I armed myself with a horsewhip, set out for the village, and found the faquir surrounded by a dense crowd of men and women; to whom he was jabbering with tremendous volubility; telling them how he had withered me up root and branch, and expressing a hope that I would serve as a lesson to the other children of Sheitan who ventured to take liberties with a faquir.

From Project Gutenberg