{ ||Shai"tan, ||Shei"tan } (?),
n. [Written also sheytan.] [Hind.
shaitān, fr. Ar. shai&tsdot;ān.]
1. Among Mohammedans: (a) An evil
spirit; the evil one; the devil. (b) One of
bad disposition; a fiend. [Colloq.]
2. (Meteor.) A dust storm.
[India]
{ ||Shai"tan, ||Shei"tan } (?),
n. [Written also sheytan.] [Hind.
shaitān, fr. Ar. shai&tsdot;ān.]
1. Among Mohammedans: (a) An evil
spirit; the evil one; the devil. (b) One of
bad disposition; a fiend. [Colloq.]
2. (Meteor.) A dust storm.
[India]