Seminar Proverbs and sayings as culturally marked units

Ховли олма – қўшни ол; Кўп бирикса, тоғ қулар; Қўшни қўшнидан эрта туришни ўрганар; Қўшни – қўшнининг бозори; Айрилганни айиқ ер, бўлинганни бўри ер; Бир қизга етти қўшни – ота-она; Ёмон қўшни – жон қўшни; Бирликда барака бор.

Now, let’s turn to the analysis of proverbs which describe the relations between parents and children, the influence of parents on their children: Like father like son; like mother, like daughter; Отанг ким бўлса, шунинг уғли сен; Каков батька, таковы и детки.
These proverbs emphasize the parents’ role in the formation of their children’s character and behavior. The same idea is expressed in many proverbs with the help of various images; referring mainly to the vegetation and animal world: As the old cock crows so the doth learns; As the tree, so the fruit; Яблоко от яблони недалеко падает; Илондан илон, чаёндан чаён; Пишакнинг боласи пишак туғади; Айғир қандай бўлса, от шундай; эр боласи – эр, шер боласи – шер.
The next group of proverbs under study are proverbs devoted to the family and family relations. Family is an important unit of any society, and therefore from the socio-cultural point of view such proverbs are most interesting. It is worth mentioning that an overwhelming number of such proverbs is presented in the Uzbek language. Uzbek culture is characterized by specific moral and behavioural norms: respect to the old and elderly people; parents’ love to children and children’s obedience and respect, children should be worthy of their parents: отадан – ўғил, онадан – қиз; амри падар – аршдан аъло; онангга бошингни хам қил, отангга гапингни кам қил; ота олдида кек урма, одобингга чек урма; Қобил ўғил роҳат келтирар, ноқобил ўғил – меҳнат;яхҳши бола шон келтирар, ёмон бола қон келтирар; ота ғайратли бўлса, бола ибратли бўлар; ота-онам — давлатим; ота – ақл, она – идрок; ота – билак, она – юрак; бола азиз, адаби ундан азиз; бола бошидан, уғлон ёшидан; ота рози — худо рози; оталар сўзи — ақлнинг кўзи.
The child is very much treasured in all cultures, and this idea is perfectly reflected in the following proverbs: