तजुर्बा (tajurbaa)

noun A single-sense noun meaning 'experience' -- borrowed from Persian/Urdu, common in everyday spoken Hindi alongside its more Sanskritic counterpart अनुभव (anubhav).
Sense 1 : experience (practical knowledge gained from doing/living something)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: अनुभव (anubhav)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: तजुर्बा (tajurbaa) is a very Delhi-flavored, Urdu-inflected word you will hear constantly in everyday speech, job interviews, and advice from elders -- it carries a slightly more conversational, streetwise feel than the more formal-sounding अनुभव (anubhav), though both are widely understood and used interchangeably in casual speech.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes treat तजुर्बा (tajurbaa) as countable in the same way English 'an experience' is; in practice it is most often used uncountably, as in तजुर्बा होना (tajurbaa honaa, to have experience) or तजुर्बा होना किसी चीज़ का (tajurbaa honaa kisii chiiz kaa, to have experience of something), with को (ko) marking the person who has the experience rather than ने (ne).
Sample Sentences:
मुझे इस काम का बहुत तजुर्बा है। I have a lot of experience in this work.
(mujhe is kaam kaa bahut tajurbaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसे जिंदगी का तजुर्बा नहीं है। He doesn't have experience of life.
(use jindgii kaa tajurbaa nahiin hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पापा कहते हैं कि तजुर्बे से बड़ी कोई सीख नहीं होती। Dad says there's no lesson greater than experience.
(paapaa kahte hain ki tajurbe se badii koii siikh nahiin hotii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इंटरव्यू में उन्होंने मेरा तजुर्बा पूछा। In the interview, they asked about my experience.
(intravyoo men unhonne meraa tajurbaa poochhaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर उसे थोड़ा तजुर्बा होता, तो वो यह गलती नहीं करता। If he had had a bit of experience, he wouldn't have made this mistake.
(agar use thodaa tajurbaa hotaa, to vo yah galtii nahiin kartaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
काश मुझे पहले से इसका तजुर्बा होता। I wish I had had experience of this beforehand.
(kaash mujhe pahle se iskaa tajurbaa hotaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
यह तजुर्बा मुझे आगे ज़िंदगी में बहुत काम आएगा। This experience will be very useful to me later in life.
(yah tajurbaa mujhe aage zindgii men bahut kaam aaegaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
अपना तजुर्बा शेयर करो, यार, हमें भी कुछ सीखने दो। Share your experience, dude, let us learn something too.
(apnaa tajurbaa sheyar karo, yaar, hamen bhii kuchh siikhne do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
ऐसा लगता है कि उसे इस फील्ड का तजुर्बा है। It seems like he has experience in this field.
(aisaa lagtaa hai ki use is phiild kaa tajurbaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
शायद उसे सड़क पर गाड़ी चलाने का तजुर्बा हो। Maybe he has experience of driving on the road.
(shaayad use sadak par gaadii chalaane kaa tajurbaa ho।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बरसों के तजुर्बे से उसने यह हुनर सीखा है। He has learned this skill from years of experience.
(barson ke tajurbe se usne yah hunar siikhaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इस पद के लिए कम से कम पाँच साल का तजुर्बा माँगा गया है। At least five years of experience has been required for this post.
(is pad ke lie kam se kam paanch saal kaa tajurbaa maangaa gayaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): तजुर्बा (tajurbaa)
(sg.m.oblique): तजुर्बे (tajurbe)
(pl.m.direct): तजुर्बे (tajurbe)
(pl.m.oblique): तजुर्बों (tajurbon)