کفن
کفن (kafan) is the burial shroud wrapped around a body before Islamic burial. Borrowed from Arabic كَفَن, it is used in both formal religious discourse and everyday speech about death rites.
Glossary
تابوت
تابوت (tâbut) means “coffin” in Persian. It is borrowed from Arabic تَابُوت and is the standard word used across formal and everyday contexts.
چهلم
چهلم (chehelom) is the fortieth-day memorial held after a death in Iranian tradition, one of the most important mourning observances in the Persian-speaking world.
شب هفت
شب هفت (shab-e haft) is the seventh-night mourning gathering held after a death in Iranian tradition, when family and community come together to grieve and offer prayers.
فاتحه
فاتحه (fâtehe) is the Fatiha, the opening surah of the Quran recited as a prayer for the dead. Borrowed from Arabic, where الفاتحة (al-fâtiha) means the opener, from the root ف-ت-ح meaning to open.
ختم
ختم (khatm) means a funeral memorial gathering in Persian, borrowed from Arabic where the root خ-ت-م means completion or sealing. It refers to a gathering centered on completing a full recitation of the Quran for the deceased.
ترحیم
ترحیم (tarhim) means a memorial service in Persian. From Arabic Form II of the root ر-ح-م (mercy), it names a formal gathering where prayers and Quranic recitation are offered for the soul of the deceased.
عزادار
عزادار (azâdâr) means mourner or bereaved in Persian. A mixed compound: Arabic عزا (azâ, mourning) plus Persian -dâr (one who holds/bears), describing a person in a state of bereavement.
عزاداری
عزاداری (azâdâri) means mourning rites in Persian. A mixed-origin compound: Arabic عزا (azâ, mourning) plus the Persian suffix -dâri, describing the active practice of communal lamentation.
عزا
عزا (azâ) means mourning in Persian. Borrowed from Arabic, it names the state of grief after a death and is central to Iranian funeral culture and religious observances.