Armenian proverbs Quotes
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“Bläsing, Uwe. The state of Armenian paremiology and its future tasks. Iran and the the Caucusus 7:1-2: 195-207.”
“Sakayan, Dora. 1999. On Reported and Direct Speech in Proverbs. Dialogue Proverbs in Armenian. Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship Vol. 16, 1999, pp. 303–324.”
“Կարմիր կովը կաշին չի փոխի։
• Transliteration: Karmir kovë kashin chi p'okhi.
• Translation: The red cow won't change his hide.
• Meaning: Some people don't change.”
“Armenian Proverbs and the Biblical Scripture, Gayané V. Hagopian, California State University, Northridge.”
“Ուշ լինի, (ա)նուշ լինի։
• Ush lini, (a)nush lini.''
• Translation: Let it be late, let it be good.
• Meaning: It does not matter if something takes long to complete, as long as the end result is desirable.”
“Արևն ամպի տակ չի մնայ։
• Transliteration: Arevn ampi tak chi mnay.
• Translation: The sun won't stay behind the cloud.
• Meaning: The truth won't stay hidden and will come out.
• English equivalent: A lie has short legs.”
“The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with Annotations and Lists of Connected Forms, Found in All Parts of the World, Dwight Edwards Marvin, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1922.”
“Armenian Proverbs and Sayings, Translated into English by R. Gevorg Bayyan, Academy of St. Lazarus, Venice, 1889. (Alternative link)”
“Խնձորը ծառից հեռու չի ընկնում։
• Transliteration: Khndzorë tsarits' heru chi ënknum.
• Translation: The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
• Meaning: Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents.
• Source for meaning: Paczolay, Gyula (1997), European Proverbs in 55 languages page: 259, pages: 527, publisher: DeProverbio.com, ISBN: 1-875943-44-7”