Comparative Study of Culture in Kurdish and Farsi Proverbs

Hadi Yousefi

International Journal of Learning and Development, 2012, vol. 2, issue 6, 41-48

Abstract: Proverbs are considered as part of folklore or public literature and one of important cultural treasures. Hence, discussing and studying proverbs can make us familiar with cultural aspects, value and norms of the owners of those proverbs. In this study Kurdish and Farsi proverbs are investigated based on cultural components and its species are presented and classified based on the same components. The present study shows that Kurdish and Farsi proverbs have spoken of two categories of values and norms, and anti-values and abnormalities, first, positive values and norms such as encouraging to truthfulness, effort, patience and tolerance, pragmatic, wise, etc; and second, negative values and in other words anti-values and abnormal action that they have been blame such as lying, avarice, cruelty, etc; also based on Malinowski¡¯s theory, the three individual, social and combined functions are conceivable ? Keywords- Culture, Value, Norm, Anti-Value, Kurdish proverbs, Farsi proverbs, etc.

Date: 2012
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