ARAP DİLİNDE MESELLER (ATASÖZLERİ)

Year 2003, Volume: 11 Issue: 11, 155 - 169, 01.06.2003

Tacettin Uzun

Abstract

PROVERBS IN ARABIC LANGUAGE

Abstract

Arabs, like any nation, have a lot of proverbs.
Proverbs produced by nations are like mirrors reflecting their customs,
traditions and moral values. They are expressions of experience of life; they
do not appear at random. ·
Because of their important place in Arabic culture and language, the
proverbs began to be a collected since the reign of Ummayed and many
books gathering them have been composed.
Arabic proverbs have some characters in terms of language and
literature. For example, they remain unchanged and can be against linguistic
rules. They can be reported in different words with particular reasons. They
even can be given as an example for some words or expression. At the same
time poems have played an important role in development of proverbs.
Many books have been written on proverbs, but only a few of them
have survived until today.