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Kashmiri Proverbs - D

Da-ra- kameu- phatvukh? pan ni- pa'-en "
To be deserted by own people.

dab chunI kA:~si hund bab
The fall is nobody's sire.
Anyone can fall or slip at any moment.

damas sI:t' chu namaska:r As long as one is rich, one commands.
"Good day" to rich person.

darya:vIK' malakh gAnzrIn' To count the waves of the river.
To attempt an impossible task.
To waste time in futile pursuits.

di thaph tI ni dasta:r
Catch him, and take his turban.

dushman nay chuy pitur ti chuyna:
If you don't have an enemy, don't you have a cousin?

du:ri du:ri chu marIts me:Tha:n, nakhI nakhI chu na:bad TeTha:n
From a distance even black pepper becomes sweets, near at hand sugar becomes bitter.
Distance lends enchantment, and familiarity breeds contempt.

d>das kAnD' tsa:rIn' Searching thorns in the milk.
To criticize without justification.

d>n sala:h tren va:hvela: Agreement with two people, lamentation with three.
Two are a company, and three are not.
Two make a company, three make a row.

Danda-nas vonukh marith ti asa-n chhu
It is rather impossible to change an established image

Daeb sund a-qbat nana-n i-z doh
Try as one may wish to perform deceptively, but his intentions will surface, at certain point and time. Alternately , the saying goes that you may fool all the people all the time, and you may fool some people some of the time but that you CANNOT FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME

DAmbinen kong To put saffron in cooking sheep's paunch.
A wastage of resources or talent.

dAhi vIhIr' dashIha:r The festival of Dash-har after ten years.
Long awaited happiness in a family.
Once in a blue moon.

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