A Comparative Study Between Turkish and Kurdish Proverbs

SADEQ, IMAN AZAD

doi:10.32894/1992-1179.2025.160393.1216

	A Comparative Study Between Turkish and Kurdish Proverbs
Kirkuk University Journal: Humanity Studies
Volume 20, Issue 2, Part 1, September 2025, Pages 237-257 PDF (958.07 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.32894/1992-1179.2025.160393.1216
Author
IMAN AZAD SADEQ^*
College of Languages / Department of Turkish Language, University of Salahaddin / Erbil
Abstract
Proverb is a long bridge from yesterday to today, a bond that connects yesterday to today. Proverb is a saying that expresses the experience and advice of a lifetime. These sayings often reflect the common sense of the people. These sayings are usually passed down from generation to generation. In addition, each proverb expresses a certain or a phenomenon in a symbolic language. It usually tells a situation, event, advice or a lesson in a concise and short-meaningful way. Therefore, it serves both as a social educator and an educator and keeps the language alive. Therefore, proverb always shows the cultural richness of a language. In this study that we have conducted, we have examined proverbs and shown the place of proverbs in Turkish literature. We gave the Kurdish equivalents of proverbs written in Turkish, and we saw that there are many proverbs in both languages that have the same subject or even the same meaning. Although they are different in terms of words, proverbs written in both languages are written for the same meaning and the same purpose in terms of meaning. In addition to all this, we think that it is also important to examine and compare proverbs from two different language families.
Keywords
Proverbs; Turkish Proverb; Kurdish Proverb; Comparison

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