सैतान

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān). Compare Kannada ಸೈತಾನ (saitāna), Hindi शैतान (śaitān), Punjabi ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ (śaitān) / شیطان (śet̤ān), Bengali শয়তান (śoẏotan), Assamese চৈতান (soitan), Sylheti ꠡꠄꠔꠣꠘ (śoetan).

Noun

सैतान • (saitān) m

1. devil, shaitan
2. (figuratively) cruel person

Proper noun

सैतान • (saitān) m

1. Satan

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सैतान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सैतान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सैतान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).