What is a Proverb

The term proverb has been derived from the Latin word ‘proverbium’. It is a simple and concrete saying popularly known as repeated. It expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experiences of mankind. They are often metaphorical. It proverb that describes a basic code of conduct may also be known as a ’maxim’. If a proverb is distinguished by particularly good style, it may be known as an ‘aphorism.


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Proverbs are often borrowed over from different languages and cultures, and sometimes come down to the present age through more than one language. Both of the Bible and medieval Latin have played a Considerable role in distributing problems across Western Europe and even further.

The study of proverbs is called ‘paremiology’. The etymology of this word leads to the Greek word ‘paremia’ which means proverbs. Paremiography, on the other hand, is the collection of proverbs. Currently, the foremost a possible score is the United States is Wofgang Mieder who defienes the term proverb as follows:

“A Proverb is a short, generally known standards of the folk which contains wisdom, truth, morals, and traditional use in a metaphorical, fixed – and memorizable form and which is Handed down from demolition to generation.”

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