Ebook: A dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs

Publisher: Indian Institute of Language Studies
Publication date: 1992
Number of pages: 179
ISBN: 81-86323-21-XFor the purpose of this dictionary, a proverb is defined as a statement that may contain an advice, a warning, a prediction or simply an observation. Idiomatic expressions and similies which are the part of the language are not included in this dictionary. Proverbs in a language do reflect the socio-cultural milieu and wide range of experience of the people who use them in a particular society. They do not have to be always true. Folk wisdom is sometimes contradictory.
Proverbs have been collected from both primary and secondary sources. A large number of proverbs have been collected from the people who use them natively in day-today conversations. Detailed notes were maintained of such proverbs. Among the secondary sources some earlier collections, Kashmiri language dictionaries and various texts have been consulted. It is important to mention here that A dictionary of Kashmiri proverbs and sayings by Rev. J. Hinton Knowles (1885 Indian reprint 1985) is the first attempt in compiling the proverbs and sayings in Kashmiri.