Social status and roles in proverbs of Lithuanian Karaims and proverbs of Anatolian Turks

ENLike proverbs of Anatolian Turks, from which we included examples in our study, proverbs of Lithuanian Karaims regard, as one of basic duties, teaching and reminding that individuals should possess position within the society, they should behave properly to these positions which are ascribed to themselves or which they have achieved by working, in other words, they should perform suitable roles for their positions. When considered social life should be maintained in order and harmony over status- and role-holder individuals, it will be seen that it is a necessity for proverbs of Lithuanian Karaims to emphasize on values, statuses and roles. Just like proverbs of Anatolian Turks focusing on statuses and roles, proverbs of Lithuanian Karaims concentrating on statuses and roles take as a goal getting individuals to adopt value judgments, too. As is also understood from the limited number of examples, proverbs of Lithuanian Karaims underline that value judgments, such as the commitment to customs, to obey the etiquette, to avoid from greediness, stinginess, jealousy and foolishness, to attach importance to the generosity, the modesty, the mind and to the knowledge, to render the trust/the job to the competent one, friendship, good neighbourhood relations, parental love etc., are important in adopting statuses and performing roles.