What are the stories behind phrases like ‘siyapa pana’ and ‘khasma nu khani’?
There are stories behind it?
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might be. like khasma nu khani might be a woman famous as Da'in
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Khasma nu khani has something to do with the husband’s demise 
Since the word khasm means husband. But it’s never really used in the literal sense. It’s more of a slang for unlucky, stupid or something and you’d hear people using the phrase even for objects e.g. ae khasma nu khani gaddi!
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yes the use is not literal, but when it was used as such for first time, it might have been inspired a myth of a woman suspected for such actions.
What about siyapa?
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Yes, may be.
Siyapa means what a mess! I think literally it means trouble.
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yes the use is not literal, but when it was used as such for first time, it might have been inspired a myth of a woman suspected for such actions.
What about siyapa?
literally, syapa is villager women's mourning over death. bain karna, aah o baka. mayyt se lipat lipat kar rona.
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can we compare it with RR 
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literally, to some extent.
RR is when, widow’s rona-dona starts when she faces financial crisis after the of death of a her husband. it became phrase because neither she (not every woman) marries anyone else nor she stops rants. well i find it kind of appropriate for NFP’s Articles. 
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Siyapa mean big trouble … like “Ay key Siyapa paya jay” What the heck ? Kia museebat dali hoi hay hay …
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but i am talking about literal meaning. yes syapa pana is phrasal use. syapa karna, mayyat pe rona is literal meaning.