ܣܛܢܐ

From Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (śāṭān, “adversary”); compare Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān) and Ancient Greek Σᾰτᾰ́ν (Satán).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [sɑˈːtˤɑːnɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [sɪtˤɑːnɑː]

ܣܵܛܵܢܵܐ • (sāṭānā) m (plural ܣܵܛܵܢܹ̈ܐ (sāṭānē), feminine ܣܵܛܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (sāṭānīṯā))

1. adversary, enemy
2. devil
3. (figuratively) a sly or cunning person

• ܣܵܛܵܢܵܝܵܐ (sāṭānāyā, “satanic”)
• ܣܵܛܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (sāṭānāyūtā, “Satanism”)

• ܐܵܟ݂ܹܠܩܲܪܨܵܐ (āḵēlqarṣā)

ܣܵܛܵܢܵܐ • (sāṭānā) m

1. (religion) Satan, the Devil
   • Mark 1:13:

     ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܬܵܡܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܲܪܝܼܵܐ ܐܲܪܒܥܝܼ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ، ܒܸܦܝܵܫܵܐ ܢܸܣܝܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܣܵܛܵܢܵܐ. ܘܥܲܡ ܒܥܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܲܪܝܼܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ، ܘܡܲܠܲܐܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܚܸܠܡܲܬ ܐܸܠܹܗ.

     wīlēh tāmā gāw barīyā arbʿī yāwmānē, bipyāšā nisyā min sāṭānā. w-ʿam bʿīrē d-barīyā ìwā, w-malaḵē biʿwādā ìwāw ḵilmat illēh.

     He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.

In writing, sometimes this word in the sense of “Satan” is written upside-down.

From Hebrew שָׂטָן (śāṭān); compare Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān), Mandaic ࡎࡀࡈࡀࡍࡀ (saṭana) and Aramaic סָטָנָא (sāṭānā).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [sɑˈtˤɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [sɑˈtˤɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [soˈtˤo.no]

ܣܛܢܐ • (sāṭānā) m (plural ܣܛܢܐ (sāṭānē))

1. adversary, enemy
2. devil

• ܣܛܢܝܐ (sāṭānāyā)
• ܣܛܢܝܘܬܐ (sāṭānāyūṯā)

ܣܛܢܐ • (sāṭānā) m

1. (religion) Satan, the Devil
   • Bible (Peshitta, Peshitta.org Interlinear NT), Mark 1:13:

     ܘܗܘܐ ܬܡܢ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܝܘܡܬܐ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ ܟܕ ܡܬܢܣܐ ܡܢ ܣܛܢܐ

     wa-[hə]wā ṯammān bə-maḏbərā yawmāṯā ʾarbəʿīn kaḏ meṯnassē men sāṭānā

     He was there in the wilderness for forty days while being tempted by the Devil

• → Old Armenian: սատանայ (satanay), սատան (satan)
  • Armenian: սատանա (satana)
  • → Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕎𐔰𐔺 (saṭanay)
• → Old Georgian: სატანაჲ (saṭanay)
  • Georgian: სატანა (saṭana)

• “sṭn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-29
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 227a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 373b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 996b