Saitana, Saitāna, Shaitana: 3 definitions
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Saitana means something in Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Shaitan.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysaitāna (सैतान).—m ( A) Satan, the devil. 2 m n Applied, as its correspondent in English, to any person or thing horrible, ugly, furious, hateful, harmful &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryŚaitāna (शैतान) [Also spelled shaitan]:—(nm) the Satan, devil; a mischief monger; (a) naughty; mischievous, guileful, wicked; ~[vāda] satanism; —[kā baccā] mischievous through and through, extremely guileful; —[kā laśkara] horde of mischief-mongers; —[kī āṃta] a tale that knows no end, any long-winding thing; —[kī āratī utāranā] to hold a candle to the devil; —[kī khālā] a quarrelsome woman; —[utaranā] to be liberated from a devilish obsession; to be pacified; —[ke kāna kāṭanā] to outdo a devil in devilism; —([sira pana]) [caḍhanā/savāra honā] to be obsessed by a devilish passion; to be too enraged.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSaitāna (ಸೈತಾನ):—[adjective] wicked; depraved; iniquitous.
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Saitāna (ಸೈತಾನ):—
1) [noun] an evil spirit.
2) [noun] a wicked man.
3) [noun] (Christian theology) the great enemy of man and of goodness; the Devil, usu. identified with Lucifer, the chief of the fallen angels; the Satan.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Saitanapu.
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