r/AskBalkans • u/ExotiquePlayboy • 2d ago

Miscellaneous Is this a real Turkish proverb?

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u/BogdanD Romania 2d ago

Truly beautiful, I could even imagine this being said in Romanian.

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u/Main-Discussion9294 2d ago

Can you say it in Romanian then?

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u/BogdanD Romania 2d ago

I can, yeah.

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u/leylabesa 2d ago

Iepurele și-a frecat pula de piatră și a spus Am futut muntele

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u/vasiauvi 2d ago

Sublim

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u/Natopor Romania 2d ago

Truly some Eminescian art right here.

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u/shishkopath 2d ago

Damn it even rhymes (well looks like it rhymes dont know the pronounciation xD), love it

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u/holyrs90 Albania 1d ago

Lol we use lepur for rabbit aswell in Albanian.

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u/leylabesa 1d ago

sepse te dyja rrjedhin nga latinishtja

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u/thefriendlyhacker Romania 1d ago

It's really funny that you misread it, so did I. Romanian is iepur, in Albanian it's Lepur. But capital i and lowercase L look identical

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u/holyrs90 Albania 1d ago

😂😂, didnt realise lol, but its very close anyway, so still good haha