Proverbs

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ফকৰা-যোজনা means “proverb”: ফকৰা-যোজনাবোৰ দৈনন্দিন কথা-বতৰাত প্ৰায়ে ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয় “proverbs are often used in daily talk”.

How It Works

A ফকৰা-যোজনা packs old advice into a few plain words with a steady rhythm, so that anyone in the village can remember it. English has proverbs of the same kind.

Some proverbs are called ডাকৰ বচন, “the sayings of Dak”. Tradition names Dak as the one who spoke them, and they give practical advice about village life, such as cooking rice, farming and the weather.

ProverbRhymeMeaning
এগুণ চাউল দুগুণ পানী, জল দিবা টানি টানিপানী / টানিuse twice as much water as rice
উত্তৰে গাজিলে জানিবা খৰ, দক্ষিণে গাজিলে মাৰিবা লৰখৰ / লৰthunder in the north brings no rain; thunder in the south brings plenty

A proverb keeps its words and its order, so you say it exactly as it is.

Examples (4)

  1. ফকৰা-যোজনাবোৰ দৈনন্দিন কথা-বতৰাত প্ৰায়ে ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয়।

    Proverbs are often used in daily talk.

    ফকৰা-যোজনা is the word for a proverb, and -বোৰ makes it plural.

  2. আমাৰ ঘৰত ফকৰা-যোজনাৰ কিতাপ এখন আছে।

    We have a book of proverbs at home.

    ফকৰা-যোজনাৰ means “of the proverbs”.

  3. এগুণ চাউল দুগুণ পানী, জল দিবা টানি টানি।

    Use twice as much water as rice when you cook.

    A ডাকৰ বচন in two halves that rhyme on পানী and টানি.

  4. উত্তৰে গাজিলে জানিবা খৰ, দক্ষিণে গাজিলে মাৰিবা লৰ।

    Thunder in the north means no rain; thunder in the south means plenty of rain.

    Another ডাকৰ বচন, with the rhyme খৰ and লৰ.

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Learn This First

A proverb is read for its meaning more than its words, as an idiom is, so learners need জতুৱা ঠাঁচ first.