shetani

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shetani

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Borrowed from Swahili shetani, borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān). Doublet of Satan and shaitan.

noun shetani

An evil spirit from East African mythology, often the subject of artwork.

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@misc{shetani_2026,
  title = {shetani},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shetani},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}