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

• “syaitan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.