salaam
hope you guys are doing just fine. 
KAFAN [the shroud] is NOT supposed to be stitched yet we have “Kafan Silnaa” [stitching of the shroud] phrase in Urdu which is quite common in it’s usage.
why is it so? any insights that you may have will be appreciated.
regards
_______KKF
Re: KAFAN and the it’s STITCHING…a liguistic question!
Subh subh Kafan 
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jo din hai tumhaaraa, vohii raat hai hamaarii
sone se pahle du’aa paRhte huye yeh Khayaal aayaa thaa kal raat ko. raat baRii Khatarnaak hotii hai…neend se na jaage to? 
Re: KAFAN and the it's STITCHING...a liguistic question!
waise aap wo MuhawRa to batae jiss main kafan silne ka tazkira hai
Re: KAFAN and the it’s STITCHING…a liguistic question!
yeh moHaavarah aisaa hai jiskii koii ek shakl nahiiN…isko jumle kii munaasibat se alfaaz ke radd o badal ke saath umooman bolaa jaataa hai magar hamesha iskaa maqsad tanz karnaa hotaa hai…
ek sachchaa joke hai…suniye:
mere moHalle meN ek Khaala rahtii thiiN…unke ghar aksar raat gaye betuke fone aayaa karte the…ek din aayaa to:
crank caller ne kahaa: “lia kar rahii haiN”?
Khaala: “beTaa, tumhaaraa kafan sil rahii huuN…aa ke naap de jaao!”
crank caller: “Khaala, maiN apnii rooH ko bhejtaa huN, usii ke naap kaa sil deN!” 
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i have never heard k kafan silna, ita always kafan ready krna 
or may be i m wrong 
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kafan ‘sil’ kar hii taiyaar hotaa hai
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lolz but i think it is used in the context like make it ready, get the required size
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you are talking about something else…kafan taiyaar rakhnaa chaahiye matlab always be ready to die…jaise…Haajis take kafan with them when they go for Haj and they get buried in the same kafan if they die during the Hajj or even years after they return from Hajj.
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In Hindus, its is called kapda bandhna, around the corpse, lady who leaves husband behind gets red cloth, men and widows get white one.
Re: KAFAN and the it's STITCHING...a liguistic question!
In Hindus, its is called kapda bandhna, around the corpse, lady who leaves husband behind gets red cloth, men and widows get white one.
oh i see..tell me one thing plz...
...i have seen some of the Hindu funerals with full desi orchestra and why the dead bodies of the unmarried girls are dressed as dulhan...what's that? can you please explain what's the logic behind this?
Re: KAFAN and the it's STITCHING...a liguistic question!
KKF did you hear the sentence ' Kafan main jaib nahin hoti, qabar main tijori nahin hoti'.. dedicated to uncle Zardari.
Re: KAFAN and the it's STITCHING...a liguistic question!
KKF did you hear the sentence ' Kafan main jaib nahin hoti, qabar main tijori nahin hoti'.. dedicated to uncle Zardari.
kafan meN jeb kaa to sunaa thaa magar qabr meN tijorii kaa nahiiN sunaa kabhii...vaise, FIT baiThtaa hai mausoof par!
kabhii is ke dil meN marne kaa Kahuf to aataa hogaa na yaa phir is qadar be_Hiss ho gayaa hai k ab ise kuchh maHsoos nahiiN hotaa? qabr meN utarte hii aag lage gii iskii, iA...yeh bad-du'aa nahiiN hai bal k aisaa lagtaa hai uske kartootoN kii vajah se...vo akelaa bhii nahiiN hogaa...uske saare Hawaareen bhii aisii hii Haalat meN hoNge...iA :)
Re: KAFAN and the it's STITCHING...a liguistic question!
oh i see..tell me one thing plz...
...i have seen some of the Hindu funerals with full desi orchestra and why the dead bodies of the unmarried girls are dressed as dulhan...what's that? can you please explain what's the logic behind this?
This generally happed in southern India not in Poorab.
when a child is born people celebrate birth, silmilarily when one dies others should as soon he/she will become resident of heaven, I have seen Lingayats doing it:)
Dressing of Dulhan is a request to god that girl should not be punished for not completing Pitr Rina, unmarried people in North are not burned but buried:)
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This generally happed in southern India not in Poorab.
when a child is born people celebrate birth, silmilarily when one dies others should as soon he/she will become resident of heaven, I have seen Lingayats doing it:)
Dressing of Dulhan is a request to god that girl should not be punished for not completing Pitr Rina, unmarried people in North are not burned but buried:)
thank you for your detailed answer...but, i've seen in Allahabad what i described in my prior post. i have also seen the bodies of unmarried women taken to hsmshaan ghaaT...is it possible that certain people in poorab also do it?
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hum vo siah naseeb hein Tariq k shehr mein
kholein dukan kafan ki to log marna chorr dein :(
Re: KAFAN and the it's STITCHING...a liguistic question!
hum vo siah naseeb hein Tariq k shehr mein
kholein dukan kafan ki to log marna chorr dein :(
lol...waqa'ii? aajkal to qatl o Gharat-garii to apne 'urooj par hai...to, kafan kii tijaarat ko bhii apne 'urooj par honaa chaahiye...koh-kan bhii bahot mashGhool haiN apne kaar o baar meN! :(
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Koh-kan ya Gaur-kan
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oops! lagtaa hai ShiriiN-Farhaad mujh pe sawaar hai! thanks for pointing out my laGhzish
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waise KKF aap se Ghalib ka ek kalam samajhna hai. Barae mehrbani aap iss thread main tashreef le aaiye.
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/intikhaab/560333-lets-understand-it-a-qaseeda-by-ghalib.html