બેઠક Bethak

વંકી ઘર પછવાડે છીંડી, વંકી નાર જે પરઘેર હીંડી.

vaṁkī ghara pachavāḍē chīṁḍī, vaṁkī nāra jē paraghēra hīṁḍī.

Literally
Crooked is a back-alley behind a house, crooked is a woman who wanders into other people's homes.
What it means
Criticizes untrustworthy or suspicious habits that lead to moral ruin.

Also said as

  • વંકયું કાથા વિનાનું પાન, વંકયું ઘણા પટેલે ગામ.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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