Abbreviation: Yur
Yurtbasi, Metin: On bes dilde atasözlerimiz. Turkish proverbs and their equivalents in fifteen languages. 1996 [Istanbul]. TURK/ENG*,ENG,GER,FR,DUT,ITA,SPA,PORT,SWE,FIN,HUNG,DAN, JAP,CHIN,LAT
Below you will find a list of all proverb types referenced in this collection. Note that some or all of the original proverb texts are not available in the database.
24 ⋆ Onni on kuin rattaanpyörä ( ⋆ Açılan solar, ağlayan güler TURK (Sunshine offers crying and laughing) /The wind keeps not always in one quarter. ENG / Det blåser inte alltid samma vind. SWE
11 ⋆ Tyhjästä on paha nyhjästä ( ⋆ You can't get woodchips from a non-existent log. (translation from Turkish)
14b ⋆ Vuoret synnyttävät hiiren ⋆ Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. (Horatius, Latin)
29 ⋆ Joka vitsaa säästää, se lastaan vihaa +( ⋆ Allah sevdigine dert verir. (God gives trouble to those whom he loves. Translation from Turkish)
10 ⋆ Ei mitään uutta auringon alla ( ⋆ Alem yine ol alem, devran yine ol devran. (It is still the same world, and the wheel of fortune is revolving as before. Translation from Turkish)