کوهي د بل په لار کښي مه کنه په خپله به ورلوېږي
Roman transliteration pending specialist review
Literal translation
Don't dig a well in another's path, or you will fall in yourself.
Contextual meaning
What it means
Don't dig a well in another's path, or you will fall in yourself.
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-25, PDF page 456. https://archive.org/download/bannuorourafgha00thor/bannuorourafgha00thor.pdf