Kurdish ProverbsDefinitions

Death is our host.

The Ingrate is the final victim of ingratitude.

Man is a river — woman a lake.

Self-discovery is difficult — It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.

Sleep is, along with suffering and hunger, our most cruel enemy.

Solitude is the nest of thought.

Summer is the father of the poor.

The Tongue is the head’s misfortune.

Woman is a fortress — man her prisoner.

Woman is a lake — man a river.