Common elements of colloquial Arabic proverbs (a comparative study in cultural anthropology)

Abstract

The Arabs say, “Proverb in speech is like salt in food.”
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It is inseparable from the life and history of nations and peoples, and it is as old as human societies.
In fact, the proverb is because he played an important role in people's lives:
The wildfire.” And since the proverbs were widely spread and popular among people, it was as if the ancients
They use the saying, "I walk like a proverb."
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To denote something common and evil.
All the scholars in the era of hadith have unanimously agreed that Arab proverbs are the result of experiments.
Just as they liken proverbs to a mirror that reflects (3) the nation and a summary of Arab experiences in life
(4) He has morals, values, customs and traditions of the people
It reflects the hopes and thoughts of the people
(4) and his experimentsTalking about the essence of the proverb will be necessarily followed by talking about the form of the proverb
And his definition, it is really surprising that a group of ancient scholars in the first centuries of
Migration starting from Ibn al-Muqaffa’ (d. 142 AH) and Ibrahim al-Nazzam (d. 221 AH) to al-Farabi
(d. 339 AH) and Al-Marzouqi (d. 421 AH) tried to define the characteristics of the proverb and define it -
The matter, which in itself indicates the antiquity of the mother of Arab science, cared for the folklore from the past
We will suffice here with presenting the saying of Ibrahim al-Nazzam, who was right in this expression:
(Four things come together in a proverb that do not come together in other words: the brevity of the word, the correctness of the meaning.
And good analogy, and the quality of speech, is the end of rhetoric
At the present time we see (6)Among the scholars and writers are those who accept and repeat these four traits - as did Ahmed Amin
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And who would add something new to it, as he did by Rush Di S.
(8) The short rhetorical style popular with oral narration.
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And the fact that should not be forgotten is that the proverb has its function.
(9) Social
It is performed by proverbs as a powerful weapon to confront social deviations.And to serve the community and above all its popular masses. It is known that it has been in the centuries
Al-Wusta Arab scholars focused their attention on studying the linguistic and literary aspects of proverbs
While we see Western Orientalism more concerned with social factors, this trend is increasing
Well-established in the Arab countries in the last decades of the twentieth century. That he should
It should be taken into account that the historical materialistic view of the development of society opens wide horizons
To study popular proverbs, and if we want to discover the time of the appearance of the proverb, we must
To compare it with the history of the people, their lives, their customs, their values, and their views on each individual period ofPDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com
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Periods of the history of this people, and what is important here is to clarify what it is and what the proverb says about how
The saying goes.
The time has come to roll up the sleeves in order to organize and coordinate comparative studies.
The folklore of the Arab people in general and colloquial proverbs in particular. And the study of folklore
Arabic requires sincere interest in the life of the masses and the establishment of the foundations of the popular culture that
Its huge heritage extends from the roots of a deep and timeless past and is the product of the mentality of the masses
(10) This part of the worldWhat distinguishes colloquial Arabic proverbs today is that they are a collection of elements.
Common in terms of meaning, wording, and meaning, and it is, in fact, categorical on the unity of these proverbs.
It stems from - the participation of historical, social and cultural relations - in origin and language.
And religion and neighborhood. Which was linked between the Arabs over the long ages in
Al-Jahiliyyah and after you are the char of the mother. And through it all stands out the truth that you both say
Colloquial proverbs may be a common Arab heritage that comes from the age of the ages, which indicates
(11) The cultural unity of the Arab nation along with the unity of Arabic literature in the Arabic language
, as
It indicates (the intellectual, social, cultural and civilizational connection between its children)(12)
And interest in popular literature and colloquial dialects does not mean that the language is more important than the pure Arabic, if we see a
There are girls and brides in dialects, so Al-Fusha is (the merciful mother and the compassionate mother, in her chest
(13) The Arabs will meet and suckle from her breasts, and graze in her lush shade.