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Contents 1 Proverbs 2 Notable figures 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Proverbs[edit] Here is a list of Pashto Proverbs (Pashto: د پښتو متلونه‎):[1][2] Proverb In Roman Pashto Meaning in English Notes متل matál په رومي پښتو کښې pə romí pәx̌to ke انګرېزۍ کښې مانا angrezә́i ke mānā́ مور په يولاس زانګو او په بل لاس نړۍ زانګوي mor pə yaw lās zāngó aw pə bəl lās naṛә́i zāngawí A mother rocks the cradle with one hand and the world with the other هر څه چې ډېر شي نو ګنډېر شي har tsә če ḍér ši no ganḍér ši When anything becomes allot it becomes poisonous ګنډېر [ganḍér] = a bitter poisonous plant[3] غوا که توره ده, شيدې يې سپينې دي ğwā kә tóra da šidé ye spíne di Although a cow be black, her milk is white واده اسان وي خو ټک ټوک يې ګران وي wādә́ asā́n wi xo ṭak-ṭúk ye grān wi A wedding is easy but its workings are hard ټک ټوک [ṭak-ṭúk] = the sound when two small things bang against eachother; to denote working on small tasks[4] د وچو سره لامده هم سوځي də wә́čo sәrá lāmdә́ ham swadzí The wet too burn with the dry ژرنده که د پلار ده هم په وار ده žránda kә dә plār da ham pә wār da Even if the mill is of father, it is by turn تورې ته ګېنډې نيسه خبرو ته تندی نيسه túre tə genḍé nisá, xabә́ro tə tandáy nisá Hold the shield to the sword, the forehead to words ګېنډه [genḍá] = rhino; as its skin is hard so shields would be made from it[5] کار په کولو کېږي kār pə kawә́lo kéǵi Work gets done by doing it پاړو د مار له لاسه مري pāṛú dә mār lə lā́sa mrí The snake charmer dies because of the snake په ګوهار کښې به يې سخی نه وي وايي به زموږ د کلي ګوهار هغه دی pə gohā́r ke bə ye sxay nə wi. wā́yi bә zamuǵ də kalí gohā́r háğa day In the herd he will not have calf. But will keep on saying: that is the herd of our village ګوهار [gohā́r] =herd of cattle[6] پيشو زبرګه شوه منږک نه نيسي pišó zbә́rga šwa manǵák nә nisí The cat has become holy/saintly, she does not catch mice. زبرګ [zbәrg] = saint[7] چېرته خوله چېرته څنګل čérta xwla čérta tsangә́l Where (be) the mouth (and) where (be) the elbow ? To point out contrast: as most people cannot touch the elbow with the mouth چې اوګره سړېږي مېلمه ډېرېږي če ográ saṛéǵi melmә́ ḍeréǵi When the rice porridge cools the guests increase اوګره [ográ] = a Pashtun dish made by boiling rice[8][9] Notable figures[edit] Amir Kror Suri, son of Amir Polad Suri; 8th-century folk hero and king from the Ghor region of Afghanistan[10][11] Pir Roshan, Pashto poet known for assembling Pashtun armies to fight against the Mughal emperor Akbar; founded the 16th-century Roshanniya movement and wrote the Pashto book Khayr al-Bayān to present his philosophical ideas Shaikh Mali, narrated the Yusufzai conquest of Swat, and devised rules for distribution of land and water rights which became known as da Shekh Mālī daftar Khushal Khan Khattak, 17th-century warrior-poet who preached the unity of all Pashtuns Rahman Baba, one of the greatest Pashto poets of all time, whose works are as important to the Pashtun as William Shakespeare is to the English; his works are spiritual[12] Khan Abdul Ghani Khan, Ghani Khan (Pashto: غني خان) (1914–1996), Pashtun philosopher and Pashto language poet, artist (painter and sculptor), writer and Pashtun nationalist politician of the 20th century. He was a son of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and older brother of Khan Abdul Wali Khan. Many consider him the greatest poet of Pashto language. Apart from his philosophical poetry he also wrote poems to unite Pashtuns. Afzal Khan Khattak (Pashto) Ashraf Khan Khattak (Pashto) Ajmal Khattak(Pashto poet) Pareshan Khattak (Pashto) Khan Roshan Khan (Pashtun historian and author) Nazoo Anaa (Pashto) Ghani Khan (Pashto) Hamza Baba (Pashto) Kabir Stori (Pashto) Karwan (Pashto) Ahmad Shah Baba (Pashto) Shah Shuja (Pashto) Timur Shah (Pashto) See also[edit] Poetry portal Pashtun culture List of Pashto-language poets References[edit] ^ Zellem, Edward (2014). د افغانستان پښتو متلونه: دگروال ادوارد زالم. Cultures Direct Press. ISBN 978-0-692-21518-0. ^ Enevoldsen, Jens (2004). Sound the Bells, O Moon, Arise and Shine!. InterLit Foundation. ISBN 978-969-8343-15-6. ^ "ګنډېر - Daryab Pashto Glossary [Qalandar Momand]". qamosona.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10. ^ "ټک ټوک - Daryab Pashto Glossary [Qalandar Momand]". qamosona.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10. ^ "ګېنډه - Daryab Pashto Glossary [Qalandar Momand]". qamosona.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10. ^ Raverty, H. G. (Henry George) (1860). "A dictionary of the Pukhto, Pushto, or language of the Afghans; with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to the Semitic and other Oriental tongues, etc". dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-10. ^ "زبرګ - Pashto English [Academy of Sciences Kabul]". qamosona.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10. ^ "اوګره - Daryab Pashto Glossary [Qalandar Momand]". www.qamosona.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10. ^ "اوګره - Pashto French [Dr. M. Akbar Wardag]". qamosona.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10. ^ Afghan Monarchs: Sher Shah Suri, Amanullah Khan, Habibullah Khan, Amir Kror Suri. London: General Books. 2010. p. 26. ISBN 9781156384251. Retrieved 2010-09-26. ^ Afghanistan. 20–22. Historical Society of Afghanistan. 1967. p. 47. Retrieved 2010-09-26. ^ "Rahman Baba: Poet of the Pashtuns". BBC News. February 21, 2005. Retrieved 2011-07-10. 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