# شیطان
## Khalaj
### Noun

شَیطان (Şəytân) (definite accusative شَیطان‌ؽ)
* Arabic spelling of Şəytân (“the Devil”)

#### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “Satan, the Devil”).

### Proper noun

شیطان • (şeytân)
* (religion) Satan, the Devil, the supreme evil spirit or being in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin
    Synonym: ابلیس (iblis)

### Noun

شیطان • (şeytân) (definite accusative شیطانی (şeytânı), plural شیاطین (şeyâtin))
* (religion) devil, demon, an evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force found in various cultures

#### Derived terms

* دكرمن شیطانی (değirmen şeytânı, “elevator of a mill”)
* شیطان آقندیسی (şeytân akındısı, “the Devil's Current of the Bosphorus”)
* شیطان بزی (şeytân bezi, “kind of striped cotton cloth”)
* شیطان بوقی (şeytân boku, “asafoetida”)
* شیطان توكی (şeytân tüyi, “enchantment, fascination”, literally “devil's hair”)
* شیطان طرناغی (şeytân tırnağı, “hangnail”)
* شیطان عربه‌سی (şeytân ʼarabası, “floating down on a thistle”)
* شیطان قوشی (şeytân kuşu, “horseshoe bat”)
* شیطان چارشیسی (şeytân çarşısı, “a conjurer's shop”)
* شیطانجه (şeytânca, “somewhat devilish”)
* شیطانك آرد آیاغی (şeytânıñ ard ayağı, “mischief maker”)
* شیطانلق (şeytânlık, “deviltry, malicious craftiness”)
* شیطانلو (şeytânlı, “diabolical, crafty”)
* شیطانی (şeytânî, “diabolical, infernal”)
* شیطانی كور ایتمك (şeytânı kör etmek, “to make a good deed”, literally “to make the devil blind”)
* شیطانی كولدرمك (şeytânı güldürmek, “to leave something unifinished”, literally “to make the devil laugh”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: şeytan
* → Albanian: shejtan
* → Armenian: շեյթան (šeytʻan)
* → Romanian: șeitan
* → Bulgarian: шейта́н (šejtán)
* → Macedonian: шејтан (šejtan)
* → Serbo-Croatian: šéjtān / ше́јта̄н
* → Crimean Tatar: şeytan

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “شیطان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 165
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şeytan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4468
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “شیطان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 293a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شیطان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 741
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Satan”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1511
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شیطان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2900
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şeytan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شیطان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1147

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* شیطون (šeytun) (colloquial, Tehrani)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʃaj.ˈtɑːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃäj.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃäj.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʃäj.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʃäj.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʃej.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʃej.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
** (Tehrani) IPA: [ʃejt̪ʰuːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʃäj.t̪ʰɔ́n]

### Proper noun

شیطان • (šeytân)
* Satan; the Devil

### Noun

شیطان • (šeytân) (plural شیطان‌ها (šeytân-hâ) or شیاطین (šayâtin))
* devil

#### Related terms

* شیطانی (šeytâni)
* شیطانه (šeytâne)

### Adjective

شیطان • (šeytân)
* naughty, devilish, mischievous

### Descendants

* Tajik: шайтон (šayton)
* → Assamese: চৈতান (soitan)
* → Bashkir: шайтан (şaytan)
* → Bengali: শয়তান (śoẏotan)
* → Chagatai:
** Uyghur: شەيتان (sheytan)
** Uzbek: shayton
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: शैतान (śaitān)
    Urdu: شَیطان (śaitān)
* → Kannada: ಸೈತಾನ (saitāna)
* → Kazakh: сайтан (saitan), шайтан (şaitan)
* → Malay: setan, syaitan
* → Malayalam: ശയ്ത്താന് (śayttāṉ), ശൈത്താൻ (śaittāṉ)
* → Marathi: सैतान (saitān)
** Indonesian: setan, syaitan
*** → West Makian: setan
* → Pashto: شيطان (šaytãn)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ (śaitān)
    Shahmukhi script: شیطان (śaitān)
* → Rohingya: cóitan
* → Sylheti: ꠡꠄꠔꠣꠘ (śoetan)
* → Tatar: шайтан (şaytan)
* → Tamil: சைத்தான் (caittāṉ)

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān), likely through Classical Persian شَیْطان (šaytān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɛ(ː).t̪(ː)ä.nᵊ/
* Rhymes: -äːn

### Adjective

شَیطان • (śait̤ān) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ)
* mischievous
* (literally) wicked, evil

### Noun

شَیطان • (śait̤ān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ)
* devil, satan
* mischievous child

### Proper noun

شَیطان • (śait̤ān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ)
* Satan

### References

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “شیطان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* “شیطان”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān), likely through Classical Persian شَیْطان (šaytān).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ʃɛː.t̪ɑːn/
* Rhymes: -ɑːn

### Adjective

شَیطان • (śaitān) (Hindi spelling शैतान)
* mischievous
* (literally) wicked, evil

### Noun

شَیطان • (śaitān) m (formal plural شَیاطِین (śayātīn), Hindi spelling शैतान)
* devil, satan
* mischievous child

### Proper noun

شَیطان • (śaitān) m (Hindi spelling शैतान)
* Satan

### References

* “شیطان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “شیطان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.