different between shaitan vs adversary

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)

English

Etymology

From Middle English adversarie, from Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret) and Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin advers?rius, from adversus (“turned toward”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æd.v?.s(?)?i/, /?æd.v?.s??i/, /æd?v??.s?.?i/, /?d?v??.s?.?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æd.v??.s??i/

Noun

adversary (plural adversaries)

1. An opponent or rival.

Synonyms

• villain, antagonist

Antonyms

• hero, ally

Derived terms

• adversarial

Related terms

• adverse
• adversarially

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