@article{2019,title={Equivalence In Turkish and Georgian Proverbs Established with Animal Names},abstractNode={Proverbs that embody significant hints about the lifestyles, world views, experiences gained throughout the history, political and geographical characteristics, usages, customs and traditions of the societies are an important part of the folklore. Determination of the proverbs that are equivalent in both languages is one of the important references to be used to detect the extent of interaction throughout the history and the similarities and differences created by this interaction in cultural terms of Turks and Georgians, two archaic nations that have lived in neighbourhood for centuries in the Caucasian Region. Proverbs that are patterned expressions contain every aspect of the human being and surrounding for transfer of information, accumulation and experience. Animals that are an important part of the nature and the characteristics of animals are also an important factor of this accumulation. Humans have benefited from animals in many fields that constitute the base for social life such as transportation, communication, nutrition and security. This has also reflected to the language used to express the emotions and ideas of daily life of humans, and hence, it is observed that the animal names are used in the proverbs noticeably frequently. With this awareness, it has been decided to limit the study to the proverbs that mention the names of animals. In this study, along with the definitions made in relation to the proverbs in Turkish and Georgian languages, the proverbs in two languages have been analyzed in syntactic and semantic ways, and they have been classified and listed according to the level of similarity. Full equivalency, partial equivalency and null equivalency criteria have been taken as basis in classification of proverbs and determination of their headings and interpretation has been made in view of the content of study. It has been tried to determine the common points in cultural field based on the proverbs that mention the animal names in both languages by using the such created lists.},author={Ahmet Bahadır ŞAHİN},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies - Language and Literature}}