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