shetani
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Swahili shetani, from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).
Noun[edit]
shetani (plural shetani)
- An evil spirit from East African mythology, often the subject of artwork.
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).
Noun[edit]
shetani (ma class, plural mashetani)
See also[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Swahili
- English terms derived from Swahili
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English invariant nouns
- en:Mythological creatures
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili ma class nouns
- sw:Mythological creatures
