As archery had a big place in Turkish society, many proverbs and expressions are archery related. These are my top favourites:
1. Archery is a trouble, only the one who endures it knows.
(Ok�uluk bir beladir, onu �eken bilir)
2. It is not the wind, the bow nor the archer, it is only God, who brings your arrow to its target/distance.
(Ne hava ne keman, ve ne kemankes, ancak erdiren menziline tiri nida-yi Ya Hak)
3. If you leave archery one day, it will leave you 10 days
(Sen ok�ulugu bir g�n birakirsan o seni 10 g�n birakir)
4. A hungry wrestler is more desirable/successful, but an archer with a full stomach is more desirable/successful
(Pehlivanin a�i, kemankesin toku makbuldur)
5. Who shoot arrows shoots gold
(Ok atan altin atar)
6. A flight record is not shot by force, it is shot by art/skill/ability
(Menzil zor ile atilmaz, sanat ile atilir)
7. The worst thing is to try to shoot as well as your previous shot
Some Islamic ones:
1. Due to an arrow 3 people will go to heaven. The one who makes the arrow, the one who shoots it, and the one who gives the arrow to the shooter
(Bir ok sebebiyle �� kisi cennete girer: Biri ok yapan, biri ok atan, biri de oku atanin eline veren)
2. All games are unreasoned, only shooting arrows with a bow, training the horse and spend good time with your wife are not.
(T�m oyunlar batildir, ancak yay ile ok atmak, ati terbiye etmek ve hanimiyla oynasmak g�nah degildir)
1. A good horse is called bay/chestnut, a good man is called courageous
(Atin iyisine doru, yigidin iyisine deli derler)
2. A bird without wings, a Turk without a horse
(Kus kanatsiz, T�rk atsiz)
3. The horse for the one who can ride, the sword for the one, who can use it
(At binenin, kili� kusananin)
4. When the horse dies the arena stays, when the courageous person dies the fame/glory stays
(At �l�r meydan kalir, yigit �l�r san kalir)
5. The horse needs a saddle, the saddle needs a hero/brave man
(Ata eyer gerek, eyere yigit gerek)
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