બેઠક Bethak

જેડી મચ્છુ માણીએ, એડી વાંકાનેર;

jēḍī macchu māṇīē, ēḍī vāṁkānēra;

Literally
As is the Macchu, so is the Wankaner.
What it means
The character of a place or person is defined by the environment or the land they come from.

Also said as

  • ટીબે માથુ નિપજે, તે જમીન હુદા ફેર.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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