her sakaldan bir tel çekseler köseye sakal olur

Turkish

Etymology

Literally, “if they pull one strand from every beard, it would be a beard for the beardless person”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heɾ sa.kal.dan biɾ tel t͡ʃek.se.leɾ kø.se.je saˈkal o.luɾ/

Proverb

her sakaldan bir tel çekseler köseye sakal olur

  1. if everyone contributes a little, someone who has nothing can be helped

References

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