'Shaitan' definitions:
Definition of 'shaitan'
From: WordNet
noun
(Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray [syn: shaitan, shaytan]
Definition of 'Shaitan'
From: GCIDE
- Shaitan \Shai"tan\, Sheitan \Shei"tan\, n. [Written also sheytan.] [Hind. shait[=a]n, fr. Ar. shai[.t][=a]n.]
- 1. Among Mohammedans: (a) An evil spirit; the evil one; the devil. (b) One of bad disposition; a fiend. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (Meteor.) A dust storm. [India] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]