Women and Social Gender Identity in Turkish and Urdu Proverbs

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Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi
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Women and Social Gender Identity in Turkish and Urdu Proverbs

Women and Social Gender Identity in Turkish and Urdu Proverbs

Pages : 55-75

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Publication Date : 2025-12-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Proverbs are inherited expressions that help transfer experiences lived throughout history of mankind to subsequent generations and shed light on the past. Being an important component of folklore, proverbs are significant sources of data in the analysis of the lifestyle of a society and its world of perceptions. When the Turkish world and the Indian subcontinent is taken into consideration in terms of proverbs, it is observed that it possesses a very rich and anonymous repertory in this regard. Therefore, considering that different languages and dialects are spoken in Turkish and Indian geography, in this study we tried to find words containing \\\"Woman\\\" through proverbs common in Urdu language and Turkey Turkish. The general survey model was used in this study, and Turkish and Urdu proverbs were investigated in terms of women’s identity/gender taking into account internal and external features of description; then, an attempt was made to present a profile of woman on the basis of proverbs that were identified. Turkish and Urdu proverbs were explored under certain titles, and they were tried to be classified. This study found that although there are positive expressions concerning the concept of women and their characteristics, negative expressions outnumber them and by drawing attention to contradictory expressions in this regard, it was argued that this situation creates serious problems for women in social life.
Keywords : Türkçe atasözü, Urduca atasözü, kadın, eş, anne.

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