different between djinn vs shaitan

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??n/
• Rhymes: -?n
• Homophones: djin, djinn, gin, jinn

Noun

djinn (plural djinns)

1. Alternative spelling of jinn

French

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (jinn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?in/
• Homophones: gin, jean

Noun

djinn m (plural djinns)

1. (mythology) jinn, genie

Further reading

• “djinn” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Alternative forms

• jinn, yin

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (jinn). The spelling djinn comes via French.

Noun

djinn m (plural djinns)

1. (mythology) jinn, genie

   Synonym: genio

English

Alternative forms

• Al-Shaytaan
• shaytan

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (šay??n, “satan, devil”). Doublet of Satan.

Noun

shaitan (plural shaitans)

1. a demon, a devil an enemy of divine
2. (Islam) Iblis, Satan.
3. (India, archaic) A dust storm.
   • 1888, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

     Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them.

   • 1925, Henry Michael Collins, From pigeon post to wireless (page 158)

     The dust borne in these shaitans of wind is often carried for vast distances […]

Translations

Related terms

• jinn
• jann
• nasnas
• ghoul
• angel

Anagrams

• Ashanti, Sanhita, T'ai-shan, Tai Shan, Taishan, Tanisha, anthias, tahinas

Portuguese

Noun

shaitan m (plural shaitans)

1. (Arab mythology) shaitan (an evil djinn or devil)