Common Turkmen proverbs and figurative sayings with their meanings explained, for an upper-level learner. Front: the Turkmen idiom. Back: English meaning and usage note.
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- Göze görünmedik zat ýürekden çykar.
- "What isn't seen by the eye leaves the heart": out of sight, out of mind.
- Wagt - pul.
- "Time is money": don't waste time.
- Bilim - güýç.
- "Knowledge is power."
- Agaç miwesi bilen tanalar, adam - işi bilen.
- "A tree is known by its fruit, a person by their work."
- Sabyr - bagtyň açary.
- "Patience is the key to happiness."
- Dogry söz - ajy bolar.
- "A true word is bitter": the truth is often hard to hear.
- Näme eksen, şony ýygnarsyň.
- "Whatever you plant, that's what you'll gather": you reap what you sow.
- Dostuň kyn günde bilner.
- "A friend is known in a hard day": a friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Az sözle, köp diňle.
- "Speak little, listen much."
- Ata-baba sözi ýalan bolmaz.
- "The words of ancestors are never false": traditional wisdom is trustworthy.
- Birlikde - güýç.
- "In unity, there is strength."
- Ir ýatan, ir turar.
- "One who sleeps early, rises early": early to bed, early to rise.
- Suw akar, daş galar.
- "Water flows on, but the stone remains": some things outlast the passing moment.
- Damja-damja köl bolar.
- "Drop by drop, a lake is formed": small efforts add up over time.
- Ýagşydan at galar, ýamandan - gep galar.
- "From a good person a good name remains; from a bad one, only gossip remains."
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