Kashmiri proverbs
# 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: "(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."
* 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 : (Too late to do something)
* Acher Vaalav Seeth Kond Kadun : (Deepest Love)
* Akh te akh gayi kaah : (Unity is strength)
* Ach ongji Thukni : (To strike the eyes with fingers. To tease someone.)
