syaitan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay syaitan, from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃai̯tan]
  • Hyphenation: syai‧tan

Noun

syaitan (plural syaitan-syaitan, first-person possessive syaitanku, second-person possessive syaitanmu, third-person possessive syaitannya)

  1. nonstandard spelling of setan (“Satan, devil, demon”).

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān). Doublet of setan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃai̯.tan], [ʃai̯.t(ˤ)ɑn]
  • Rhymes: -tan, -an
  • Hyphenation: syai‧tan

Noun

syaitan (Jawi spelling شيطان, plural syaitan-syaitan)

  1. satan, devil
    Synonym: setan (informal)

Affixations
  • kesyaitanan

Descendants
  • Indonesian: syaitan

Further reading
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