Literal translation
As you were not fit for marriage, why did you marry?
Contextual meaning
What it means
As you were not fit for marriage, why did you marry?
When people use it
In everyday life
Catalogued from a traditional Pashto proverb collection. Its usage and regional context still require specialist review.
Editorial record
Source and status
- Source
- S. S. Thorburn, “Bannú: Or Our Afghan Frontier” (1876), UNCLASSED-8, PDF page 456. https://archive.org/download/bannuorourafgha00thor/bannuorourafgha00thor.pdf