English
Shaitan
Shaitan comes from Arabic شَيْطَان ‘satan, devil’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَيْطَانšayṭān‘satan, devil’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893Shaitan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَيْطَانšayṭān‘satan, devil’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893Shaitan
Earliest quotation: 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle: “Beside him two Egyptian artillerymen with their throats cut…”
Every English word from Arabic شَيْطَان
Today it means
name Iblis, Satan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic شَيْطَان / Shaitan