shaitan noun2 •a demon/devil; or evil jinn.'... hence, we are always malā'ika (angels), forgetting that ashayṭān was once a malāk (angel). — 2014 •(India, no longer used) A dust storm.Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them. — 1888 formsshaitans