Azerbaijani Proverbs

Azerbaijani Proverbs distill wisdom from a Silk Road crossroads between the Caucasus and the Caspian. They prize hospitality, honor, and quick wit, shaped by caravan trade, mountain villages, and Baku’s early oil boom.

A tree without fruit is firewood, clouds without rain are smoke, and a person without wisdom is an animal. (Azerbaijani Proverb)
Those who have nothing have nothing to lose. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
It's not shameful not to know, but it's shameful not to ask. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Intelligence is in the head, not in the age. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Tree would bend when it bears fruit. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Smart bird gets trapped in its beak. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
One's own simple bread is much better than someone else's pilaf. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
The forest can't be without its jackals. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Someone's end is someone's beginning. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Beauty without virtue is a curse. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
He can't see the beam in his own, but he's looking for an eyelash in someone else's. (Azerbaijani Proverb)
All of a person's troubles come from their tongue. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
The dog barks, the caravan passes. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Politeness is not sold in the bazaar. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Wrap yourself together in a carpet and roll together with your kinsmen. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Never mind storms and snows for the sake of a friend. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Shameful is not the one who doesn't know, but the one who doesn't ask. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Until spring comes, nightingales do not sing. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
A man would not lick what he spit. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Make sure your blanket covers your feet. (Azerbaijani Proverb)
Without sowing a single wheat you would not harvest thousand ones. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Drop by drop would make a lake. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
A man says his word to the face. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
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