shaitan/ˈʃeɪtan/EtymologyBorrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”)nameIblis, Satan.“Beside him two Egyptian artillerymen with their throats cut were sobbing out their lives upon the ground. "Who lays the gun this time?" asked the fierce chief, glaring at the frightened gunners. "Here, thou black-browed child of Shaitan, aim, and aim for thy life."”nouna demon/devil; or evil jinn.“'... hence, we are always malā'ika (angels), forgetting that ashayṭān was once a malāk (angel).”A dust storm.“Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them.”