Türkmen Nakyllary

Göçen ýurduň gadryny, gonan ýurduňda bilersiň ~ You will honour and respect your country when you move off it

Atany söýen -Watany söýer ~ He who loves his parents greatly loves his Motherland

Watanyň we halkyň bähbidi şahsy bähbitden ýokardadyr ~ Public before private and country before family

Adam aýbyny ýer ýaşyr ~ A grave will cover a person’s shame

Adam adama myhman, jan göwrä ~ A person for a person is a guest, soul is temporarily in the body.There is nothing permanent in the world

Adam garrasa-da, köňül garramaz ~ A person gets old but his soul doesn’t

Adamlar ýaşaýan ýurduna hyýanat etmeli däldirler ~ People who live in glass house should not throw stones (Aýna jaýda ýaşaýanlar jaýlaryna daş zyňmaly däldirler)

Agaç ýokary bolsa miwesi aşak ~ A high tree has a heavy fruit

Agaryp öňe düşme, garalyp yza-da alma ~ Neither cut in at the beginning of the line nor stand out in the last line

Agysyz ölüm bolmaz, öýkesiz toý ~ There is no mourning the loss of family and friends and feast without expressing offence

Agzybirlik döwletiň haztnasy, milletiň baş ýörelgesidir ~ Unanimity is a state’s treasure, and nation’s value

Ata Watan aman bolsa, reňki-roýuň saman bolmaz ~ If the country is prosperous, no one has worry

Balygyň diriligi suw bilen, äriňki il bilen ~ Nation’s prosperity depends on self-sacrificing people, fish’s life is by water

Baş bolmasa, göwre läş ~ A church without a leader is prey for the devil

Bir agajyň kölegesine ýüz goýun sygar ~ Shadow of a large tree covers a thousand ship

Dok başa döwlet ~ People are well-fed prosperity at home and peace abroad

Dok it ýurt saklar, aç it oba gezer ~ The well-fed dog stands guard over the village, the hungry dog looks for a bone

Gaýry ýurtda şa bolandan, öz ýurduňda geda bol ~ Better to be beggarly than a well-to-do in a foreign country/land

Görküm bolanyndan berkim bolsun ~ Better healthy than beauty

Guw köle, adam Watanyna [ymtylýar] ~ A swan tends for a lake, a person tends to his Motherland

Halk bar ýerinde gahryman hem bardyr ~ Every nation as its heroes

Il aglak bolsa, doňuz depä çykar ~ A shy cat makes a proud mouse

Il bilen gelen toý-da, baýram ~ You have to support what the majority of people do

Il bilen kesilen barmak awamaz ~ Finger cut after consulting with people does not hurt

Il oňlasa, atyňy soý ~ If people appriciate, sacrifice your dearest horse

Ilim-günüm bolmasa, aýym-günüm bolmasyn ~ There is no happiness without companions

Ilim-günüm bolmasa, aýym-günüm dogmasyn ~ If I have no my (native) people, I need no any life

Iliň güýji-siliň güýji ~ People is much more powerful than a high mountain torrent

Iliň parasatly ýaşulysy bar bolsa, obada asudalyk hem abadançylyk höküm sürer ~ When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world

Iş bitirseň il tanar ~ If you distinguish yourself in labour people appreciate you

Müsürde şa bolandan, Kenganda geda bol ~ Better to be beggar in Kenya than a king in Egypt

Towşana dogduk depe ~ There is nо place like home

Towşana dogduk depe ~ East or West home is best

Uly gapylara uly gulp ~ A great ship asks deep waters.Big ships sail in the sea

Watanyň tüssesi iliň odundan ýagşy ~ Even the smoke of my country is much more pleasant than other counrties fire

Ýagşy ýigit il aýbyn açmaz ~ A wise man will not reveal the secret of his nation

Ýaryndan aýrylan ýedi ýyl aglar, ýurdundan aýrylan ölinçä ~ He who departed from his beloved will be suffering for seven years, and he who is departed from his country will have lifelong suffering

Ýat iliň soltany bolýançaň, öz iliň çopany bol ~ Better to a shepherd in your native land than a king in alien country