Kashmiri proverbs

Kashmiri proverbs are proverbs in the Kashmiri language, spoken Kashmir. The best available source for the study of these proverbs is a book by Sh. Omkar N. Koul, A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs. It was first published in 1992, then a second edition was published in 2005, and is now available online.[1]

Kashmiri proverbs come in a variety of grammatical forms, such as:

  • simple statements: "An apple gets its colour from another apple."
  • conjoined phrases: "(She) came to visit the shopkeeper but went to visit a baker instead."
  • dialogues: "Mother, no one abuses me." "Son, go and sit on the road."[2]
  • wellerism: "The horse has said, “I will help you to go up the steep, but you lead me down the slope."[3]
  • rhetorical question: "How will a lamp help a blind person in the dark?" [4]
  • sentence fragments: "With short hands and long tongue." [5]

Examples
  • Naar Veez Krool Khanun :(Too late to do something)
  • Acher Vaalav Seeth Kond Kadun: (Deepest Love)
  • "Akh te akh gayi kaah" : (Unity is strength)

Notes
  1. A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs ISBN 81-86323-21-X
  2. p. 5. Sh. Omkar N. Koul. 2005. A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs. Delhi: Indian Institute of Language Studies.
  3. p. 68. Sh. Omkar N. Koul. 2005. A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs. Delhi: Indian Institute of Language Studies.
  4. p. 12. Sh. Omkar N. Koul. 2005. A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs. Delhi: Indian Institute of Language Studies.
  5. p. 24. Sh. Omkar N. Koul. 2005. A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs. Delhi: Indian Institute of Language Studies.


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