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# ਸਿਆਪਾ

siyapa

Say it**see-YAA-paa**Type**Noun**Shahmukhiسیاپا

In short

Siyapa (ਸਿਆਪਾ) means mourning, wailing and grief, and in modern Punjabi slang it means any problem, trouble or messy drama. Rekhta gives siyaapaa as mourning, grief and crying, with Urdu meanings that also include calamity and trouble, which is how the slang sense grew.

## How it's used

1. 1ਇਹ ਕੀ ਸਿਆਪਾ ਪੈ ਗਿਆ!What a siyapa (problem) has landed now! _siyapa pai gaya, a problem has turned up_
2. 2ਤੂੰ ਹਰ ਗੱਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਿਆਪਾ ਪਾ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈਂ।You turn every matter into a siyapa. _siyapa pauna, to create a problem or fuss_
3. 3ਵਿਆਹ ਤੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਦਿਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਜਾਣ ਨਾਲ ਸਿਆਪਾ ਪੈ ਗਿਆ।The power going off a day before the wedding created a real siyapa.
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1. 4ਛੋਟੀ ਜਿਹੀ ਗੱਲ ਦਾ ਐਨਾ ਸਿਆਪਾ ਨਾ ਪਾਓ।Do not make such a siyapa out of a small thing.

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ

ਸਿਆਪਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਅਰਥ ਸੋਗ, ਰੋਣਾ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਰਲਾਪ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ ਮਗਰੋਂ ਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਰੇਖਤਾ ਕੋਸ਼ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਇਸ ਦੇ ਅਰਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਗ਼ਮ, ਰੰਜ, ਸੋਗ ਅਤੇ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਆਫ਼ਤ ਅਤੇ ਮੁਸੀਬਤ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹਨ। ਅੱਜ ਦੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਿਆਪਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਸਮੱਸਿਆ, ਝੰਝਟ ਜਾਂ ਖੜ੍ਹੀ ਹੋ ਗਈ ਮੁਸੀਬਤ ਨੂੰ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਜਦੋਂ ਕੋਈ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਸਿਆਪਾ ਪੈ ਗਿਆ, ਤਾਂ ਮਤਲਬ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕੋਈ ਸਮੱਸਿਆ ਆ ਖੜ੍ਹੀ ਹੈ। ਆਮ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਇਹ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਮਜ਼ਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਛੋਟੀਆਂ ਪਰੇਸ਼ਾਨੀਆਂ ਲਈ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

What does siyapa mean in Punjabi? Siyapa (ਸਿਆਪਾ) is a word with two lives. In its older sense it means mourning, wailing and grief, the crying that fills a house after a death. In modern Punjabi slang it means any problem, trouble or messy drama: if someone says siyapa pai gaya, a problem has landed.

## What does siyapa mean in Punjabi?

Rekhta Dictionary gives siyaapaa as a masculine noun, of Hindi origin, with the English meanings mourning, grief and crying. Its Urdu meanings run wider: gham and ranj (sorrow), sog (mourning), wailing and crying out, and also aafat and museebat, calamity and trouble. That last pair is the bridge to the slang sense, because a word for the noise of grief easily becomes a word for any trouble that makes people cry out.

## How did siyapa come to mean a problem?

BollyMeaning describes siyaapa as a Punjabi and Urdu word meaning mourning and wailing, and says it is also used for creating a trouble or getting into a trouble, as in the phrase siyaapa paana, to make or take on a siyapa. The same page traces the word to siyaah, dark or black, with darkness taken as a symbol of sadness, so the word came to mean mourning and trouble together. A popular list of Punjabi slang puts the modern sense in three words: Siyapa, problem koi bhi ho, a problem, whatever the problem is. The film title Total Siyappa, explained by its makers as total chaos, or all kinds of troubles, carried the slang sense far beyond Punjab.

## How is siyapa used today?

In daily speech the slang sense is usually playful exaggeration, not real grief. A power cut before a wedding, a phone lost in a crowd, a small argument that keeps growing: each one is announced as a siyapa. Siyapa pauna is to create the fuss or the problem, and siyapa pai gaya is to say the problem has arrived, often with a sigh and a laugh. Tone decides everything, because the older mourning sense is still alive, and speakers keep the joking sense for troubles that are annoying rather than truly sad.

## Related words

[ਪਂਗਾpangatrouble, a quarrel or a fight you are better off avoiding](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/panga/)[ਗਮghamSorrow; grief](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/gham/)[ਰੋਣਾronaTo cry; to weep](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/rona/)[ਰੌਲਾraulaNoise, uproar and commotion; in Punjabi slang, a big loud fuss breaking out](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/raula/)

Sources (3)
1. [Rekhta Dictionary, siyaapaa: origin Hindi, noun masculine, mourning, grief, crying; Urdu meanings include gham, ranj, sog, wailing, crying, aafat and museebat (calamity, trouble)](https://rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-siyaapaa?keyword=%D8%AE%D9%8E%D9%84%D9%92%D9%81%D9%8E%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1)
2. [BollyMeaning, Total Siyappa meaning: siyaapa is a Punjabi-Urdu word meaning mourning and wailing, also used for creating a trouble or getting into a trouble as siyaapa paana; traced to siyaah, dark; Total Siyappa means all kinds of troubles or total chaos](http://www.bollymeaning.com/2013/11/total-siyappa-total-siyapaa-meaning.html?showComment=1396975825588)
3. [Vivu, 25 Punjabi slang words list: Siyapa listed as problem koi bhi ho, a problem whatever the problem is; Raula listed in the same slang list](https://vivu.tv/what-are-some-punjabi-slangs/)
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