ਸਿਆਪਾ
siaapaa/siāpā

Definition

ਸ਼ਵ- ਪ੍ਰਲਾਪ. ਸ਼ਵ (ਮੁਰਦੇ) ਲਈ ਪ੍ਰਲਾਪ. ਸੰਗ੍ਯਾ- ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਸ਼ੋਕ ਕਰਕੇ ਸ਼ਰੀਰ ਤਾੜਨ (ਪਿੱਟਣਾ) ਅਤੇ ਮੁਰਦੇ ਲਈ ਪ੍ਰਲਾਪ (ਵੈਣ).
Source: Mahankosh

Shahmukhi : سیاپا

Parts Of Speech : noun, masculine

Meaning in English

a funeral custom of women beating their breasts, cheeks and thighs; informal any unpleasant, irritating task or labour
Source: Punjabi Dictionary

SIÁPÁ

Meaning in English2

s. m, The ceremony of weeping and making lamentations for the dead, performed by women:—siáppe di naiṉ, s. f. The barber's wife who directs a company of mourners, met. one who foments quarrel or disunion:—siáppá karná, v. a. To mourn for the dead:—rann gaíṇ, siáppe, duhk rowe ápo ápṉe. When women go to a mourning, each weeps for her own trouble.—Prov.
Source:THE PANJABI DICTIONARY-Bhai Maya Singh