šejtan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شیطان (şeytan), from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃěːjtaːn/
  • Hyphenation: šej‧tan

Noun

šéjtān m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling ше́јта̄н)

  1. (Bosnia) Satan, devil
    Synonyms: (Croatia) Sotòna; (Serbia) Satàna; đȁvao; vrȃg