Kurdish Culture

Kurdish Proverbs

by Yassin Aref

To know a nation you have to read its history, study its culture and understand its situation.  One of the goals of my web site is to help you to appreciate Kurdistan – the largest “stateless” nation in the world.  We have been denied and ignored for a long time.  We are still struggling to find friends and people who will understand us.  My hope is that this site will help build understanding.  I will be pleased if people learn something good and helpful for their lives from my words.  It will mean that I am still living and able to serve people even though I am in prison. Read more on "Kurdish Proverbs"


Tobay Gorg Marga (which means, Repentance for a Wolf Is Death), posted 11/21/09

Ka Zor Hat Qawala Batala (which means, “In the Face of Force, Philosophy is Invalid”), posted 11/21/09

Ba Qsa Asana Balm Ba Krdawa Grana (which means, It's Easy by Mouth but It's Not So Easy by Action), posted 11/21/09

LA AWI LELA RAW AKA (which means, “He is hunting in dirty water”), posted 2/7/09

BARDE NAZAN BIKHATA GOMWA BA HAZAR ZANA DAR NAYA (which means, “The stone thrown in the river by a thousand foolish intellectuals can’t be brought out”)

PET BAQAD BARAKAI KHOT RAKESHA (which means, “Extend your leg [feet] on your carpet,” or usually it means “Stay within your limits”), Posted 2/7/09

SHTE LA BARIKIDA ABRETAWA TANHA ZULM NABE LA ASTORIA'
which mean "things will end after becoming thin and weak but wrong and aggression will end after becoming thick and strong.” , Posted 12/31/08

Ema zido kuzi mrdo parsteen - "We ignore and neglect our people till they die", Posted 11/29/08

CONNECTING THE DOTS, Posted 9/29/08

BARKHI NER BO SARBRINA, Posted 5/27/08

HAQ RAQA (Truth is Hard), Posted 4/26/08

Short Rope, Posted 4/26/08

Clear Record, Posted 4/26/08

Bread for the Baker and Meat for the Butcher, (Nan Bo Nanawa Goshtish Bo Qasab), Posted 4/19/08

A Rock Is Strong in Its Place, (Bard La Jegay Khoy Sangina), Posted 4/19/08

REWI or Fox, Posted 4/8/08

Nawroz (New Day), Posted 3/20/08

If brothers stand back to back and support each other, only death (God’s will) can defeat them., Posted 2/24/08

Kurds and Flowers, Posted 2/17/08

Proverbs from Kurdistan, 2/24/08, To know a nation you have to read its history, study its culture and understand its situation.

 


Updated
November 21, 2009

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