# شیطان
## Khalaj
### Noun

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

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

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).

### Adjective

شیطان • (şeytân)
* devilish, cunning, mischievous

### Noun

شیطان • (şeytân)
* devil

### Proper noun

شیطان • (şeytân)
* Satan

#### Derived terms

* شیطان طرناغی (şeytan tırnağı, “hangnail”)

#### Descendants

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

## 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.