2025-01-04 at

What the Devil?

1.

  • English : "Satan", "The Devil", from Hebrew, "accuser".
  • English : "Lucifer", from Latin, "morning star", translated from Hebrew, "helel", "shining one"
  • post-Quranic Arabic : "Azazil", from "azala", "to remove", from Hebrew, "azazel", "desolate place where the scapegoat is sent"
  • Malay : "Iblis", from Quranic Arabic, "bls", "remain in grief", from Latin/Greek "diabolos", from "dia", "apart", and "balien", "to throw", ergo "to throw across" ( the Malay word "baling" also means "throw", and there are many European cognates )

2.

  • English : "demons", "devils"
  • Malay : "setan", see (1.)

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