Editing Kashmiri Proverbs


== Kashmiri Proverbs ==
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!Kashmiri Proverb
!Transliteration
!Translation
|-
|1
|"Achev khote che kuthe duur"
|"The knees are farther than the eyes."
|"Blood is thicker than water."
|-
|2
|"Akh duda biyi maji kyut toak"
|"An uninvited guest, and he wants a (Toak) plateful of food for his mother [in addition to feeding himself] !"
|"Brazenness."
|-
|3
|"Akh hammami ti byak damami"
|"One is the servant of the hamaam (kashmiri heated room) and the other is the assistant for heating it."
|"Conspiracy."
|-
|4
|"Aakhon sahib chu satan hanzay tsochi bagrawan"
|"The school-master distributes the bread of the pupils."
|"The king spends what the people pay him in taxes, he has nothing of his own."
|-
|5
|"Athachi ungajii panch che na asaan hisheyy."
|"The five fingers of the hand are not all equal."
|"Not all people are alike, or that all do not attain the same rank in life."
|-
|6
|"Ayal khanan na koj ; parzanen mimyuz"
|"To one’s own dear children breakfast is not given but to the strangers not only breakfast but tiffin is served."
|"A person who neglects his own kith and kin, but entertains strangers."
|-
|7
|"Attri wanan chu mushk laran. Kharas wanan chu tembri laran"
|"From a perfumer’s shop one gets a pleasant scent, From a blacksmith’s shop one gets embers."
|"Cultivation of the society of good people will make you good. He who plays with the cat must expect a scratching."
|-
|8
|"Bedh kani chu lokchev kanyev seeth rozit hykan"
|"A big stone remains in position coz of help from small stones."
|"A man in a position needs subordinates to support him."
|-
|9
|"Batee taryov kadlas tai gadi daryos aes"
|"A Kashmiri pandit was passing over a bridge and a fish opened its mouth [to swallow him]."
|"Kashmiri Pandits are generally weak physically because they do not do jobs which require manual labor but devote themselves much to study or do easy jobs."
|-
|10
|"Bib Kamalas ti Meer mazras"
|"When the wife at peak of adulthood, the husband is in the grave."
|"Unequal marriage – young girl and old man."
|-
|11
|"Boni mohar tulun"
|"To pierce a chinar with a pestle."
|"An impossible thing."
|-
|12
|"Brari Saleh"
|"Acts as pious as a cat"
|"A hypocrite."
|-
|13
|"Buhuri bayi hund kan hyu zethan"
|"Stretching out like the ear of the apothecary’s wife."
|"To go beyond the limit."
|-
|14
|"Chayi tani ya gani magar tech gachi cheyn."
|"Tea, whether weak or strong, should be taken hot."
|""
|-
|15
|"Chaniy phar ta gonshan war"
|"Empty boast and twisted moustaches."
|"Smart clothes and empty pockets."
|-
|16
|"Dab lagus ta pheran phutus."
|"Having tumbled down his pheran (long garment) got broken."
|""
|-
|17
|"Dali Baate ti Khoji thool"
|"Dal for a Pandit and an egg for a Khoja"
|"The kind of food they like."
|-
|18
|"Doh doh chi na hishi asaan."
|"All days are not equal."
|""
|-
|19
|"Gagur pakan hol hol, Par pani vaj kun syud."
|"The rat runs in a zigzag course, Yet straight towards its own hole."
|"Said of a person who looks simple but is very careful where his own interests are concerned."
|-
|20
|"Gora senzi kotshi sowri na zanh"
|"The guru’s bag will never get exhausted."
|"Priests are ever prosperous, receiving charity on all occasions."
|-
|21
|"Grahna kandur"
|"A baker during an eclipse."
|"A sorry figure."
|-
|22
|"Hanthi wali dodh ta ganthi wali thool."
|"He is capable of causing milk to flow from a barren woman’s breast."
|"An adventurer."
|-
|23
|"Hari zyun ta maghi dhayni"
|"Firewood in Har (June- July), and paddy in Magi (January-February)."
|"These things should be purchased in those months for better quality."
|-
|24
|"Heli pethuk shaqdar."
|"The guard just at the time the crop has begun earing."
|"Said of a person who takes no pains to earn money for himself, but feeds on others’ earnings."
|-
|25
|"Kakaw-nai che kani shrapan."
|"Partridges alone can digest a stone."
|"A strong person has a good appetite."
|-
|26
|"Kah gav doyanas kahi dohi chokh Hash chem zaam chem kya chum sokh"
|"Eleven cows are milked, after eleven days I get a little milk."
|"Mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law are notorious for ill-treatment of their daughters-in-law."
|-
|27
|"Kashir che par-dwarac."
|"Kashmir is for outsiders."
|"Outsiders have always exploited Kashmir."
|-
|28
|"Kavas ti kani myul karun"
|"To make the crow and the stone join together."
|"Said of an unexpected occurrence."
|-
|29
|"Khyov chyov rang tcheri Anz log wala-bari"
|"The cinnamon tree-sparrow ate and drank but the grey goose was caught in the trap."
|"An innocent person caught instead of the real offender."
|-
|30
|"Kenh na khuta chu khentsahi jaan."
|"Something is better than nothing."
|""
|-
|31
|"Lembi pholmut pamposh"
|"A lotus bloomed out of the silt."
|"A beautiful child born of ugly parents."
|-
|32
|"Lori hatha loyi to mardai drakh"
|"A hundred blows with a rod were given to you but you came out as man."
|"To flatter a person after having once quarreled with him."
|-
|33
|"Majji bhatee"
|"Food served by mother."
|"The best food."
|-
|34
|"Makkai wot vichit chu sawar guri peth wothmut"
|"On seeing a cob of corn the rider has descended from his horse."
|"The corn being so tempting."
|-
|35
|"Muma kon sadaan panai put-mahdraza."
|"Mums, the one-eyed, burns within himself to be the vice-bridegroom."
|"Said of a vainglorious person."
|-
|36
|"Nachav angun chum schot Gyawah gyav khyom bryari."
|"I would dance but the courtyard is small."
|"Idle excuses."
|-
|37
|"Nav kath navan dohan"
|"A new matter for nine days."
|"A nine days’ wonder."
|-
|38
|"Navi nawan ti pryen pranan."
|"The new are becoming newer, and the old older."
|""
|-
|39
|"Ratuk Iayun gomo kham Lol ho am, lol ho am."
|"Yesterday’s thrashing was not enough, now I crave for you."
|"When you want to reconcile with a person with whom you had a fight."
|-
|40
|"Sera wawa khot chu dere waw."
|"Want of house is worse than want of food."
|""
|-
|41
|"Shur chu kholmut un wanas ti kon brannas."
|"The child has made a blind man go to the forest and a one-eyed person climb a brann (elm tree)."
|"A child cannot be appeased until his curiosity is satisfied."
|-
|42
|"Talwe peyi na tangah"
|"Wishing a pear falls from ceiling."
|"A vain hope."
|-
|43
|"Thekzi na hovari ghari, Teti kulay wad kari."
|"Do not boast in your father-in-law’s house, Where your wife can question your veracity."
|"One cannot boast before a person who knows all about one."
|-
|44
|"Wufawani goor ti naba tang ratani."
|"To catch flying horses and pears from the sky."
|"Vain adventures."
|-
|45
|"Yili yiwan kala ghatta, na roan zata na patta."
|"When a black storm comes, there remains neither a rag nor a blanket."
|"Everything vanishes on the approach of the days of adversity."
|-
|46
|"Yuthui zuw tiihui suv."
|"Sew as much as you can afford only."
|""
|}

== Kashmiri Proverbs ==
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!#
!Kashmiri Proverb
!Transliteration
!Translation
|-
|1
|"Achev khote che kuthe duur"
|"The knees are farther than the eyes."
|"Blood is thicker than water."
|-
|2
|"Akh duda biyi maji kyut toak"
|"An uninvited guest, and he wants a (Toak) plateful of food for his mother [in addition to feeding himself] !"
|"Brazenness."
|-
|3
|"Akh hammami ti byak damami"
|"One is the servant of the hamaam (kashmiri heated room) and the other is the assistant for heating it."
|"Conspiracy."
|-
|4
|"Aakhon sahib chu satan hanzay tsochi bagrawan"
|"The school-master distributes the bread of the pupils."
|"The king spends what the people pay him in taxes, he has nothing of his own."
|-
|5
|"Athachi ungajii panch che na asaan hisheyy."
|"The five fingers of the hand are not all equal."
|"Not all people are alike, or that all do not attain the same rank in life."
|-
|6
|"Ayal khanan na koj ; parzanen mimyuz"
|"To one’s own dear children breakfast is not given but to the strangers not only breakfast but tiffin is served."
|"A person who neglects his own kith and kin, but entertains strangers."
|-
|7
|"Attri wanan chu mushk laran. Kharas wanan chu tembri laran"
|"From a perfumer’s shop one gets a pleasant scent, From a blacksmith’s shop one gets embers."
|"Cultivation of the society of good people will make you good. He who plays with the cat must expect a scratching."
|-
|8
|"Bedh kani chu lokchev kanyev seeth rozit hykan"
|"A big stone remains in position coz of help from small stones."
|"A man in a position needs subordinates to support him."
|-
|9
|"Batee taryov kadlas tai gadi daryos aes"
|"A Kashmiri pandit was passing over a bridge and a fish opened its mouth [to swallow him]."
|"Kashmiri Pandits are generally weak physically because they do not do jobs which require manual labor but devote themselves much to study or do easy jobs."
|-
|10
|"Bib Kamalas ti Meer mazras"
|"When the wife at peak of adulthood, the husband is in the grave."
|"Unequal marriage – young girl and old man."
|-
|11
|"Boni mohar tulun"
|"To pierce a chinar with a pestle."
|"An impossible thing."
|-
|12
|"Brari Saleh"
|"Acts as pious as a cat"
|"A hypocrite."
|-
|13
|"Buhuri bayi hund kan hyu zethan"
|"Stretching out like the ear of the apothecary’s wife."
|"To go beyond the limit."
|-
|14
|"Chayi tani ya gani magar tech gachi cheyn."
|"Tea, whether weak or strong, should be taken hot."
|""
|-
|15
|"Chaniy phar ta gonshan war"
|"Empty boast and twisted moustaches."
|"Smart clothes and empty pockets."
|-
|16
|"Dab lagus ta pheran phutus."
|"Having tumbled down his pheran (long garment) got broken."
|""
|-
|17
|"Dali Baate ti Khoji thool"
|"Dal for a Pandit and an egg for a Khoja"
|"The kind of food they like."
|-
|18
|"Doh doh chi na hishi asaan."
|"All days are not equal."
|""
|-
|19
|"Gagur pakan hol hol, Par pani vaj kun syud."
|"The rat runs in a zigzag course, Yet straight towards its own hole."
|"Said of a person who looks simple but is very careful where his own interests are concerned."
|-
|20
|"Gora senzi kotshi sowri na zanh"
|"The guru’s bag will never get exhausted."
|"Priests are ever prosperous, receiving charity on all occasions."
|-
|21
|"Grahna kandur"
|"A baker during an eclipse."
|"A sorry figure."
|-
|22
|"Hanthi wali dodh ta ganthi wali thool."
|"He is capable of causing milk to flow from a barren woman’s breast."
|"An adventurer."
|-
|23
|"Hari zyun ta maghi dhayni"
|"Firewood in Har (June- July), and paddy in Magi (January-February)."
|"These things should be purchased in those months for better quality."
|-
|24
|"Heli pethuk shaqdar."
|"The guard just at the time the crop has begun earing."
|"Said of a person who takes no pains to earn money for himself, but feeds on others’ earnings."
|-
|25
|"Kakaw-nai che kani shrapan."
|"Partridges alone can digest a stone."
|"A strong person has a good appetite."
|-
|26
|"Kah gav doyanas kahi dohi chokh Hash chem zaam chem kya chum sokh"
|"Eleven cows are milked, after eleven days I get a little milk."
|"Mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law are notorious for ill-treatment of their daughters-in-law."
|-
|27
|"Kashir che par-dwarac."
|"Kashmir is for outsiders."
|"Outsiders have always exploited Kashmir."
|-
|28
|"Kavas ti kani myul karun"
|"To make the crow and the stone join together."
|"Said of an unexpected occurrence."
|-
|29
|"Khyov chyov rang tcheri Anz log wala-bari"
|"The cinnamon tree-sparrow ate and drank but the grey goose was caught in the trap."
|"An innocent person caught instead of the real offender."
|-
|30
|"Kenh na khuta chu khentsahi jaan."
|"Something is better than nothing."
|""
|-
|31
|"Lembi pholmut pamposh"
|"A lotus bloomed out of the silt."
|"A beautiful child born of ugly parents."
|-
|32
|"Lori hatha loyi to mardai drakh"
|"A hundred blows with a rod were given to you but you came out as man."
|"To flatter a person after having once quarreled with him."
|-
|33
|"Majji bhatee"
|"Food served by mother."
|"The best food."
|-
|34
|"Makkai wot vichit chu sawar guri peth wothmut"
|"On seeing a cob of corn the rider has descended from his horse."
|"The corn being so tempting."
|-
|35
|"Muma kon sadaan panai put-mahdraza."
|"Mums, the one-eyed, burns within himself to be the vice-bridegroom."
|"Said of a vainglorious person."
|-
|36
|"Nachav angun chum schot Gyawah gyav khyom bryari."
|"I would dance but the courtyard is small."
|"Idle excuses."
|-
|37
|"Nav kath navan dohan"
|"A new matter for nine days."
|"A nine days’ wonder."
|-
|38
|"Navi nawan ti pryen pranan."
|"The new are becoming newer, and the old older."
|""
|-
|39
|"Ratuk Iayun gomo kham Lol ho am, lol ho am."
|"Yesterday’s thrashing was not enough, now I crave for you."
|"When you want to reconcile with a person with whom you had a fight."
|-
|40
|"Sera wawa khot chu dere waw."
|"Want of house is worse than want of food."
|""
|-
|41
|"Shur chu kholmut un wanas ti kon brannas."
|"The child has made a blind man go to the forest and a one-eyed person climb a brann (elm tree)."
|"A child cannot be appeased until his curiosity is satisfied."
|-
|42
|"Talwe peyi na tangah"
|"Wishing a pear falls from ceiling."
|"A vain hope."
|-
|43
|"Thekzi na hovari ghari, Teti kulay wad kari."
|"Do not boast in your father-in-law’s house, Where your wife can question your veracity."
|"One cannot boast before a person who knows all about one."
|-
|44
|"Wufawani goor ti naba tang ratani."
|"To catch flying horses and pears from the sky."
|"Vain adventures."
|-
|45
|"Yili yiwan kala ghatta, na roan zata na patta."
|"When a black storm comes, there remains neither a rag nor a blanket."
|"Everything vanishes on the approach of the days of adversity."
|-
|46
|"Yuthui zuw tiihui suv."
|"Sew as much as you can afford only."
|""
|}