আছে গৰু নাবাই হাল, থকাতকৈ নথকাই ভাল
Proverb: Better Not to Have
আছে গৰু নাবাই হাল, থকাতকৈ নথকাই ভাল means “having an unused thing is worse than not having it”.
How It Works
| Half | Words | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| first | আছে গৰু নাবাই হাল | “there are cattle, but the plough is not used” |
| second | থকাতকৈ নথকাই ভাল | “not having is better than having” |
নাবাই is না- “not” and বাই, the -ি form of the verb “to plough”, as in হাল বাই “having ploughed”. In the second half থকা “having” takes -তকৈ “than”, the same ending that compares two things in the row on -তকৈ. নথকা is the negative of থকা, and it takes the focus ending -ই.
In plain words: ঘৰত থকা বস্তু ব্যৱহাৰ নকৰিলে, নথকাই ভাল “if you do not use what is in the house, it is better not to have it”.
The saying is about waste, and people use it about money, tools and talent that sit unused.
Examples (3)
- আছে গৰু নাবাই হাল, থকাতকৈ নথকাই ভাল।
There are cattle but no ploughing; not having is better than having.
The whole proverb in two halves.
- ঘৰত থকা বস্তু ব্যৱহাৰ নকৰিলে, নথকাই ভাল।
If you do not use what is in the house, it is better not to have it.
A plain-words version that repeats নথকাই ভাল.
- ভনীয়েকে ক’লে, “নতুন কিতাপখন বাকচতে পৰি আছে; আছে গৰু নাবাই হাল, থকাতকৈ নথকাই ভাল।”
My sister said, “The new book is just lying in its box; there are cattle but no ploughing, and not having is better than having.”
The proverb is quoted after a remark about an unused thing.
How It Connects
Learn This First
This proverb uses -তকৈ to compare, so learners need -তকৈ first.
Related Patterns
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