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Where does “تشيطن” come from?

تشيطن (Arabic) comes from Arabic شَيْطَان, from Arabic شَيَّطَ — to singe; to scorch.

تشيطن (Arabic): to act like a devil, to behave diabolically;...

Definitions

  1. to act like a devil, to behave diabolically;...

Ancestry of “تشيطن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicشَيْطَانShaitan, Satan; Satan, devil; satan, devil
2Arabicشَيَّطَto singe; to scorch
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