A - B - C - Ç - D - E - Ə - F - G - Ğ - H - X - İ - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - Ö - P - Q - R - S - Ş - T - U - Ü - V - Y - Z

A

• Ağıl başda olar, yaşda olmaz
  • Literal translation: Wisdom is in the head, not in the age
  • Meaning: You do not have to be old to be wise

• Ağac bar verəndə başın aşağı dikər
  • Literal translation: Tree would bend when bears the fruits
  • Moral: One should be modest even if (s)he becomes rich and influential

• Ağıllı düşmən nadan dostdan yaxşıdır
  • Literal translation: Wise enemy is better than a foolish friend

B

• Bilməmək eyib deyil, soruşmamaq eyibdir
  • Literal translation: Shameful is not the one who doesn't know, but the one who doesn't ask

• Bir buğda əkməsən, min buğda biçməzsən
  • Literal translation: Without sowing a single wheat you would not harvest thousand ones

C

Ç

• Çox bilən quş dimdiyindən tələyə düşər
  • Literal translation: Smart bird gets trapped in its beak

D

• Dama-dama göl olar, axa-axa sel olar
  • Literal translation: Drop by drop would make a lake, ...

• Dil yanılar, doğrusunu deyər
  • Literal translation: Tongue may muddle up and say the truth

E

Ə

• Ədəb bazarda satılmaz
  • Literal translation: Politeness is not sold in the bazaar

• Əvvəl düşün, sonra danış
  • First think, then speak

F

G

H

• Halva-halva deməklə ağız şirin olmaz
  • Literal translation: Mouth will not be sweet if you say halva

• Haram malın bərəkəti olmaz
  • Literal translation: Unearned riches have no goods

• Hər ağac öz dibinə kölgə salar
  • Literal translation: Every tree casts shadow on its own bottom

X

İ

J

K

• Kiminin əvvəli, kiminin axırı
  • Literal translation: Someone's end, someone's beginning

• Kasıb öləndə molla xəstə olar
  • Literal translation: Mullah is sick when poor dies
  • Meaning:

• Kişi tüpürdüyünü yalamaz
  • Literal translation: A man would not lick what he spit
  • Meaning: A man should be a man

• Kişi sözü üzə deyər
  • Literal translation: A man says his word to the face

• Köpəyin qarnı tox gərək
  • Literal translation: Dog has to have its stomach full
  • Meaning: Treat those in your service well and they, in turn, will treat you well

L

M

• Meşə çaqqalsız olmaz
  • Forest always has its jackal
  • Meaning: You can find scums everywhere

• Molladan adam, Palıddan badam!
  • Literal translation:

N

O

• Ot kökü üstə bitər
  • Literal translation: Grass grows on its roots

Ö

P

Q

R

• Rəhmət düzənə, lə'nət pozana!
  • Literal translation: Bless the builders, damn the slayers!

• Rəngimə bax, əhvalımı xəbər al!
  • Literal translation: Look at my color (face), know my mood!

S

Ş

T

• Tazıya tut deyir, dovşana qaç
  • Literal translation: Says the dog to get, says the rabbit to run
  • Meaning:

• Tez duranla tez evlənən uduzmaz
  • Translation: Gain those who get up and marry early

U

Ü

V

Y

• Yetənə yetir, yetməyənə bir daş atır
  • Literal translation: Overtakes whom gets, and stones whom doesn't
  • Meaning: Referring to someone who harasses everyone

Z

Azerbaijani unknown

• A mad man drops a rock into water well, so that thousand wise men can not take it out.

• Beauty without virtue is a curse.

• One's own simple bread is much better than someone else's pilaf.

• Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood.

• Until spring comes, nightingales do not sing.