shaitan

noun

shā-ˈtän How to pronounce shaitan (audio)
Definition of shaitannext
as in demon
an evil spirit her fate was sealed once she let the shaitan out of the bottle

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  1. demon
  2. devil
  3. ghost
  4. ghoul
Noun
  • The show ran from 1997 to 2003 and saw Gellar’s Buffy Summers seek out and destroy vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, with the help of her friends.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In the first season, Cross faces his toughest case yet while grappling with personal demons that threaten to derail him.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of demon
Noun
  • Sipping whiskey, a wise devil offers: Advice love, giant love, self love, superstar love, dumb love, trouble love?
    Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • People gather expectantly on the streets or gaze from their windows, and then the performers arrive, all garbed in red devil costumes, complete with horns and pitchforks covered in sparkling fireworks.
    Matt Ralphs, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of devil
Noun
  • The ultimate effect is paradoxical: the more that Valéry eliminates the ghost of pain and passion from the logical machinery of his work, the starker and more affecting the moans and cries of the ghost become.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Easier said than done since many of the ghosts that haunt Light Shop are jump-out-of-your-seat scary.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of ghost
Noun
  • With her husband’s cooperation, a coven of Devil-worshipping ghouls occupy an Upper West Side apartment building and conspire to have a young woman Rosemary (Mia Farrow) raped and impregnated by Satan himself.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Taking place this week on Thursday, Oct. 31, Halloween is an important day not only for ghosts, ghouls and spirits but also for anyone interested in our planet’s incredible annual journey around the sun.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of ghoul
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