| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | shai·tan |
| PRONUNCIATION: | sh -tän , sh - |
| NOUN: | 1. often Shaitan Islam The Devil; Satan. 2. An evil spirit; a fiend. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Arabic ay n, from Ethiopic ay n, from Aramaic s  n , from Hebrew    n. See  n in Appendix II.
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