شيطان

See also: شیطان

Arabic

Etymology

Formed from the root ش ي ط (š-y-ṭ) meaning “to burn, scorch” and the ـَان (-ān) suffix forming bkuns and adjectives.

Cognate with Classical Syriac ܣܛܢܐ (sāṭānā), Hebrew שָׂטָן (śāṭān), Ge'ez ሠይጣን (śäyṭan), Ge'ez ሰይጣን (säyṭan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaj.tˤaːn/

Noun

شَيْطَان • (šayṭān) m (plural شَيَاطِين (šayāṭīn))

1. (religion) Satan, devil, shaitan
2. demon, fiend

Declension

Declension of noun شَيْطَان (šayṭān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَيْطَان šayṭān	الشَّيْطَان aš-šayṭān	شَيْطَان šayṭān
Nominative	شَيْطَانٌ šayṭānun	الشَّيْطَانُ aš-šayṭānu	شَيْطَانُ šayṭānu
Accusative	شَيْطَانًا šayṭānan	الشَّيْطَانَ aš-šayṭāna	شَيْطَانَ šayṭāna
Genitive	شَيْطَانٍ šayṭānin	الشَّيْطَانِ aš-šayṭāni	شَيْطَانِ šayṭāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَيْطَانَيْن šayṭānayn	الشَّيْطَانَيْن aš-šayṭānayn	شَيْطَانَيْ šayṭānay
Nominative	شَيْطَانَانِ šayṭānāni	الشَّيْطَانَانِ aš-šayṭānāni	شَيْطَانَا šayṭānā
Accusative	شَيْطَانَيْنِ šayṭānayni	الشَّيْطَانَيْنِ aš-šayṭānayni	شَيْطَانَيْ šayṭānay
Genitive	شَيْطَانَيْنِ šayṭānayni	الشَّيْطَانَيْنِ aš-šayṭānayni	شَيْطَانَيْ šayṭānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَيَاطِين šayāṭīn	الشَّيَاطِين aš-šayāṭīn	شَيَاطِين šayāṭīn
Nominative	شَيَاطِينُ šayāṭīnu	الشَّيَاطِينُ aš-šayāṭīnu	شَيَاطِينُ šayāṭīnu
Accusative	شَيَاطِينَ šayāṭīna	الشَّيَاطِينَ aš-šayāṭīna	شَيَاطِينَ šayāṭīna
Genitive	شَيَاطِينَ šayāṭīna	الشَّيَاطِينِ aš-šayāṭīni	شَيَاطِينِ šayāṭīni

Descendants

• English: shaitan
• Bashkir: шайтан (şaytan)
• Indonesian: setan
• Ottoman Turkish شيطان (şeytān)
  • Turkish şeytan
• Persian شيطان (shaytân)

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “شيطان”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 522–523
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 47
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “شيطن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN