Creative Proverbs from Kurdish*

Creative Proverbs from the...
Kurdish* Culture
(* denotes a culture rather than a country)

Background: A linguistic group living in the in contiguous areas of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, a region generally referred to as Kurdistan ("Land of the Kurds") and in the noncontiguous Kurdish area of Khorasan region of northeastern Iran. The Kurdish language is a West Iranian language related to Farsi and Pashto. The Kurds are thought to number more than 15 million, including communities in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakstan, Lebanon, and Syria.

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Proverbs from the Kurdish* Culture

	Habit is worse than rabies.
	It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason.
	In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain.
	The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
	Part with your head, but not with your secret.

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