Literal translation
Take care of your own tail-less ox; do not call another man a thief.
Contextual meaning
What it means
Take care of your own tail-less ox; do not call another man a thief.
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-24, PDF page 456. https://archive.org/download/bannuorourafgha00thor/bannuorourafgha00thor.pdf