Proverb from Morocco
Moroccan Arabic
القرد الشارف ما يتعلّم الشطيح
L-qərd š-šārəf ma yətʿallem š-šṭēḥ.
Meaning
A trade, or any skill, should be learned while one is young. Westermarck lists it under work: “a trade should be learned when one is young.”
Source
Westermarck prints the proverb only in phonetic transcription (simplified here). The Arabic script is the standard spelling of the same words.
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