kurdish proverbs
- A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.
- A fool dreams of wealth, a wise man, of happiness.
- A good companion shortens the longest road.
- A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
- A hungry stomach has no ears.
- A kind word warms a man through three winters.
- A knife-wound heals, but a tongue-wound festers.
- A man is as wise as his head, not his years.
- A man is judged by his work.
- A neighbor's hen looks as big as a goose, and his wife as young as a girl.
- A red apple invites stones.
- A small key opens big doors.
- A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many.
- A tribulation is better than a hundred warnings.
- A visitor comes with ten blessings, eats one, and leaves nine.
- A wise man does his own work.
- A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.
- Ability has no school.
- Activity breeds prosperity.
- An illness comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.
- An open door invites callers.
- At table keep short hand; in company keep a short tongue.
- Beauty passes; wisdom remains.
- Better a calf of one's own than a jointly owned cow.
- Better a wise foe than a foolish friend.
- Both the hunted and the hunter rely on God.
- Do not roll up your trousers before reaching the stream.
- Do what your teacher says but not what he does.
- Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.
- Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them.
- Empty words will not fill an empty stomach.
- Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot.
- Every "bad" has its "worse".
- Every sheep is hung by his own leg.
- Fear an ignorant man more than a lion.
- For every wise man there is one still wiser.
- Give nine, save ten.
- God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.
- God has created us brothers but has given us separate purses.
- Guests bring good luck with them.
- Habit is worse than rabies.
- If God closes one door, He opens a thousand others.
- If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher.
- If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.
- If you give him cloth, he'll ask for the lining.
- If you wish to do a good deed, consult no one.
- In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain.
- It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason.
- It is easy to catch a serpent with someone else's hand.
- It is easy to say "Come" difficult to say "Go".
- It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.
- Kind words will unlock an iron door.
- Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.
- Many will show you the way once your cart has overturned.
- No matter where you go, your destiny follows you.
- Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest.
- Once a friend, always a friend.
- One beats one's breast who does not beat one's child.
- One gives twice who gives quickly.
- One can never repay one's debt to one's mother.
- One is equally indebted to one's teacher and to God.
- Open your eyes, not your mouth.
- Part with your head, but not with your secret.
- Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.
- See with your mind; hear with your heart.
- Stairs are climbed step by step.
- Stretch your feet according to your blanket.
- Study from new books but from old teachers.
- The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
- The miser and the open-handed spend the same in long run.
- The rich man's wealth tires the poor man's jaw.
- Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.
- Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know.
- To speak is to sow; to listen is to reap.
- What is loaned goes away smiling but returns weeping.
- What the heart thinks, the mouth speaks.
- What you give away you keep.
- When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice.
- Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size.
- Whoever is fond of cream should should take the cow around with him.
- Whoever speaks evil to you of others will speak evil of you to others.
- Wish well, be well.
- With patience, mulberry leaves become satin.
- Work as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.
- Kurds (as a nation) have no friends
kurdish proverbs
Whoever is fond of cream should take the cow around with him.
Not every cloud brings rain.
Your son can be a prince, your daughter will be a mother.
A lion is a lion, whether a male or female.A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many.
For every wise man there is one wiser still.
One can never repay one's debt to one's mother.
The distance of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Once a friend, always a friend.
Eat & drink with your friends but do not trade with them.
A fool dreams of wealth, a wise man of happiness.
With fortune on your side you can sow salt and harvest grass.
Open your eyes not your mouth.
A visitor comes with ten blessings, eats one, and leaves nine.
Kind words will unlock an iron door.
If your are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.
No matter where you go your destiny follows you.
A hungry stomach has no ears.
God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.
A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool only when he has need of them.
Every bad has its worse.
A kind word warms a man through three winters.
An illness comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.
A woman is a fortress, a man her prisoner.
A neighbor's hen looks as big as a goose, and his wife as young as a girl.
It is more difficult to contend with one's self than the world. e no friends but the mountains
Not every cloud brings rain.
Your son can be a prince, your daughter will be a mother.
A lion is a lion, whether a male or female.A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many.
For every wise man there is one wiser still.
One can never repay one's debt to one's mother.
The distance of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Once a friend, always a friend.
Eat & drink with your friends but do not trade with them.
A fool dreams of wealth, a wise man of happiness.
With fortune on your side you can sow salt and harvest grass.
Open your eyes not your mouth.
A visitor comes with ten blessings, eats one, and leaves nine.
Kind words will unlock an iron door.
If your are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.
No matter where you go your destiny follows you.
A hungry stomach has no ears.
God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.
A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool only when he has need of them.
Every bad has its worse.
A kind word warms a man through three winters.
An illness comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.
A woman is a fortress, a man her prisoner.
A neighbor's hen looks as big as a goose, and his wife as young as a girl.
It is more difficult to contend with one's self than the world. e no friends but the mountains
په ندی پێشینیان
1-درۆ بێ ده سه ڵا ته هه مو که س پێی ئه وێرێ
2- چهم بێ چهقهڵ نابێت
3- له ههموو ههورێک باران نابارێت
4- ئهوهی سمێڵی سوور بێت ههمزاغا نیه
5- نان ئهو نانهیه ئهمڕۆ لهخوانه
6- دهستی ماندوو لهسهر سکی تێره
7- گۆشتی لاڕانی خۆت بخۆ مننهتی قهساب ههڵمهگره
8- تا خاوهن ماڵ دزی گرت،دز خاوهن ماڵی گرت
9- که زۆر هات قهواره بهتاڵه
10- ماڵ له خۆی نهبوو میوانیش ڕووی تێکرد
11- سهری نایهشێت پهڕۆی لێ بهستووه
12- کهڵهشێریش نهبێت ڕۆژ ئهبێتهوه
13- سهفهرو مهعامهله سهنگی مهحهکه
14- کاری ئهمڕۆ مهخهره سبهی
15- گیا لهسهر بنجی خۆی ئهڕوێتهوه
16- بهرد له جێ ی خۆی سهنگینه
17- دۆم بێت و کڵاش بۆ خۆی دروست کات
18- مار ڕقی له سیره، سیریش له بهردهم کونی مار ئهڕوێت
19- سهلکی سیری یان قنچکی پیازی
20-ههموو شتێک به خوێ، خوێش به مانا
21- ماڵی قهڵب سهر با خاوهنێتی
22- ماست نیه به دهمتهوه دیار بێت
23-چی بچێنیت ئهوه ئهدووریتهوه
24- پاره بدهو مهلا له مزگهوت دهرکه
25- سهیری دایک بکهو ، دوێته بخوازه(داڵک بدوێنهو دوێته بخوازه)
26- ماسی له بهحرا سهودا ناکرێت
27- شهل نی یه پێ ی شکاوه
28- قهدری زێڕ لا ی زهڕهنگهره
29- ئاش له خهیاڵێک ، ئاشهوان له خهیاڵێک
30- به بهردێک دوو چۆلهکهی کوشت
31- برسێتی ڕهگی هاری بهدهمهوهیه
32- دار ههڵبڕه سهگی دز دیاره
33-دوو پشکه لهخۆی بهشکه
34- بۆ ڕیش جوو سمێڵیشی دانا
35- مریشک هێلکهی قازی کرد قنگی دڕا
36- به قهد بهڕهکهی خۆت قاچ ڕاکێشه
37- ههر کهس به لێفهی خۆی بنوێ
38- کێ خواردوویهتهوهو کێ ی گرتووه
39- بانێکهو دوو ههوا
40- بهڕه لای تهنکیهوه ئهدڕێ