ब्रज भाषा (braj bhaashaa)
noun
The name of a historic dialect/literary language of the Braj region (around Mathura-Vrindavan), famous as the language of Krishna devotional poetry. It is a proper noun referring to this specific language variety.
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Braj Bhasha, a Hindi dialect associated with the Mathura-Vrindavan region and its devotional poetry
noun, feminine
Synonyms: ब्रजभाषा (brajbhaashaa, one-word variant)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: If you have ever heard a Krishna bhajan or read Surdas (soordaas) or Tulsidas's (tulsiidaas) Krishna-poems, you have heard Braj Bhasha -- it has a soft, musical quality that modern Khari Boli (khadii bolii) Hindi lost when it became the standard. Many Delhi-NCR families still sing Braj bhajans at festivals like Janmashtami even though they speak standard Hindi at home, so the language survives as a devotional register more than a spoken one.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes assume ब्रज भाषा (braj bhaashaa) is just an old name for modern Hindi; in fact it is a distinct dialect with its own grammar and verb forms, still used today mainly in poetry, bhajans, and some rural speech around Mathura-Vrindavan, not in everyday conversational Hindi. 2) The word भाषा (bhaashaa, 'language') here is feminine, so any adjective describing ब्रज भाषा (braj bhaashaa) takes feminine agreement, e.g. मीठी ब्रज भाषा (miithii braj bhaashaa, 'sweet Braj Bhasha').
Sample Sentences:
सूरदास ने अपने पद ब्रज भाषा में लिखे थे।
Surdas wrote his verses in Braj Bhasha.
(soordaas ne apne pad braj bhaashaa men likhe the।)
जन्माष्टमी पर हम सब मिलकर ब्रज भाषा में भजन गाते हैं।
On Janmashtami, we all sing bhajans together in Braj Bhasha.
(janmaashtmii par ham sab milkar braj bhaashaa men bhajan gaate hain।)
क्या तुम्हें ब्रज भाषा की कोई कविता याद है?
Do you remember any poem in Braj Bhasha?
(kyaa tumhen braj bhaashaa kii koii kavitaa yaad hai?)
तुलसीदास की कुछ रचनाएँ ब्रज भाषा में हैं और कुछ अवधी में।
Some of Tulsidas's works are in Braj Bhasha and some are in Awadhi.
(tulsiidaas kii kuchh rachnaaen braj bhaashaa men hain aur kuchh avdhii men।)
काश मुझे ब्रज भाषा समझ आती, तो मैं ये भजन ठीक से गा पाता।
If only I understood Braj Bhasha, I would be able to sing these bhajans properly.
(kaash mujhe braj bhaashaa samajh aatii, to main ye bhajan thiik se gaa paataa।)
यह गीत सुनते समय लगा जैसे ब्रज भाषा की मिठास कानों में घुल रही हो।
While listening to this song, it felt as if the sweetness of Braj Bhasha was dissolving in one's ears.
(yah giit sunte samay lagaa jaise braj bhaashaa kii mithaas kaanon men ghul rahii ho।)
विश्वविद्यालय में ब्रज भाषा और खड़ी बोली के अंतर पर एक व्याख्यान आयोजित किया गया।
A lecture was organized at the university on the difference between Braj Bhasha and Khari Boli.
(vishvvidyaalay men braj bhaashaa aur khadii bolii ke antar par ek vyaakhyaan aayojit kiyaa gayaa।)
मेरी दादी अक्सर कहती हैं कि ब्रज भाषा सुनने में हिंदी से ज़्यादा मीठी लगती है।
My grandmother often says that Braj Bhasha sounds sweeter to the ear than Hindi.
(merii daadii aksar kahtii hain ki braj bhaashaa sunne men hindii se zyaadaa miithii lagtii hai।)
अगर स्कूल में ब्रज भाषा भी पढ़ाई जाए, तो बच्चे इस विरासत को बेहतर समझ पाएँगे।
If Braj Bhasha were also taught in schools, children would understand this heritage better.
(agar skool men braj bhaashaa bhii padhaaii jaae, to bachche is viraasat ko behtar samajh paaenge।)
ब्रज भाषा में लिखा वह पद आज भी मंदिरों में गूँजता है।
That verse written in Braj Bhasha still echoes in temples today.
(braj bhaashaa men likhaa vah pad aaj bhii mandiron men goonjtaa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
ब्रज भाषा
(braj bhaashaa)
(sg.f.oblique):
ब्रज भाषा
(braj bhaashaa)
(pl.f.direct):
ब्रज भाषाएँ
(braj bhaashaaen)
(pl.f.oblique):
ब्रज भाषाओं
(braj bhaashaaon)