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.
Kashmiri proverbs come in a variety of grammatical forms, such as:
- simple statements: "An apple gets its colour from another apple."
- conjoined phrases: " 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."
- wellerism: "The horse has said, “I will help you to go up the steep, but you lead me down the slope."
- rhetorical question: "How will a lamp help a blind person in the dark?"
- sentence fragments: "With short hands and long tongue."
Examples
- Naar Veez Krool Khanun :
- Acher Vaalav Seeth Kond Kadun:
- "Akh te akh gayi kaah" :
