तय (tay)

adjective An adjective (used only in fixed predicate slots with verbs like होना (honaa) and करना (karnaa)) meaning 'decided/fixed/settled.' Almost always met as part of the compound verbs तय होना (tay honaa, 'to be decided') and तय करना (tay karnaa, 'to decide/settle').

Sense 1 : decided, settled, fixed (of a plan, matter, price, etc.)

adjective Used predicatively with होना (honaa) to mean 'to be decided': बात तय है (baat tay hai, 'the matter is settled'). Invariant -- does not change for gender or number.

Synonyms: निश्चित (nishchit), पक्का (pakkaa)

Frequency: high

Cultural Note: You will hear तय है (tay hai, 'it's settled') constantly in everyday planning talk -- fixing a meeting time, a price at the market, or wedding arrangements. Note the pairing with करना (karnaa) and होना (honaa) mirrors the familiar transitive/intransitive verb-pair pattern (like खुलना (khulnaa)/खोलना (kholnaa)), even though तय (tay) itself is not a verb.

Common Mistakes: 1) Learners try to inflect तय (tay) like a regular -आ adjective (तया/तयी); it never changes form. 2) तय होना (tay honaa) and तय करना (tay karnaa) are often confused: तय होना (tay honaa) is intransitive ('it got decided,' often with no clear agent), while तय करना (tay karnaa) is transitive and needs an ने-marked agent who does the deciding.

Sample Sentences:

हमारी मीटिंग का समय तय है। Our meeting time is fixed.

(hamaarii miiting kaa samay tay hai।)

दुकानदार ने कीमत तय कर दी। The shopkeeper fixed the price.

(dukaandaar ne kiimat tay kar dii।)

शादी की तारीख अभी तय नहीं हुई है। The wedding date hasn't been decided yet.

(shaadii kii taariikh abhii tay nahiin huii hai।)

जब तक बजट तय नहीं होगा, हम आगे नहीं बढ़ सकते। Until the budget is fixed, we can't move forward.

(jab tak bajat tay nahiin hogaa, ham aage nahiin badh sakte।)

कल की योजना तय कर लो। Fix tomorrow's plan.

(kal kii yojnaa tay kar lo।)

अगर सब कुछ तय होता, तो हम अभी तक निकल गए होते। If everything had been settled, we would have already left.

(agar sab kuchh tay hotaa, to ham abhii tak nikal gae hote।)

यह बात पहले ही तय थी कि वह विदेश जाएगा। It had already been decided that he would go abroad.

(yah baat pahle hii tay thii ki vah videsh jaaegaa।)

समिति चाहती है कि नियम स्पष्ट रूप से तय किए जाएँ। The committee wants the rules to be clearly fixed.

(samiti chaahtii hai ki niyam spasht roop se tay kie jaaen।)

जब तक सारी शर्तें तय नहीं की जाती थीं, समझौता आगे नहीं बढ़ता था। Until all the terms used to be fixed, the agreement wouldn't move forward.

(jab tak saarii sharten tay nahiin kii jaatii thiin, samjhautaa aage nahiin badhtaa thaa।)

ठीक है, कल शाम छह बजे मिलना तय! Okay, it's settled -- we're meeting tomorrow at six in the evening!

(thiik hai, kal shaam chhah baje milnaa tay!)

अनुबंध की शर्तें दोनों पक्षों द्वारा विधिवत तय की गई थीं। The terms of the contract had been duly fixed by both parties.

(anubandh kii sharten donon pakshon dvaaraa vidhivat tay kii gaii thiin।)

Sense 2 : covered, traversed (of distance)

adjective Used with करना (karnaa) in the fixed phrase दूरी तय करना (doorii tay karnaa, 'to cover a distance') and with होना (honaa) for 'to have been covered.'

Synonyms: पूरा (pooraa, covers a broader sense of 'complete')

Frequency: medium

Cultural Note: This sense shows up in travel talk and news reports: कितनी दूरी तय की (kitnii doorii tay kii, 'how much distance was covered'). It is the same root idea as sense 1 (something becoming 'fixed' or 'settled') extended metaphorically to ground covered on a journey.

Sample Sentences:

ट्रेन ने दो घंटे में तीन सौ किलोमीटर की दूरी तय की। The train covered a distance of three hundred kilometers in two hours.

(tren ne do ghante men tiin sau kilomiitar kii doorii tay kii।)

हमें कल पहाड़ों तक का रास्ता तय करना है। We have to cover the road up to the mountains tomorrow.

(hamen kal pahaadon tak kaa raastaa tay karnaa hai।)

वह हर दिन साइकिल से बीस किलोमीटर तय करता है। He covers twenty kilometers by bicycle every day.

(vah har din saaikil se biis kilomiitar tay kartaa hai।)

अब तक कितनी दूरी तय की गई है? How much distance has been covered so far?

(ab tak kitnii doorii tay kii gaii hai?)

गाड़ी पहाड़ी रास्ते पर धीरे-धीरे दूरी तय कर रही थी। The vehicle was slowly covering the distance on the mountain road.

(gaadii pahaadii raaste par dhiire-dhiire doorii tay kar rahii thii।)

अगर सड़क अच्छी होती, तो हम यह दूरी जल्दी तय कर लेते। If the road had been good, we would have covered this distance quickly.

(agar sadak achchhii hotii, to ham yah doorii jaldii tay kar lete।)

समाचार में बताया गया कि तूफान ने कितनी दूरी तय की है। It was reported in the news how much distance the storm has covered.

(samaachaar men bataayaa gayaa ki toophaan ne kitnii doorii tay kii hai।)

जितनी जल्दी हो सके उतनी दूरी तय कर लो, अंधेरा होने वाला है। Cover as much distance as you can, it's about to get dark.

(jitnii jaldii ho sake utnii doorii tay kar lo, andheraa hone vaalaa hai।)

अंतरिक्ष यान ने लाखों किलोमीटर की यात्रा तय कर ली है। The spacecraft has covered a journey of millions of kilometers.

(antriksh yaan ne laakhon kilomiitar kii yaatraa tay kar lii hai।)

शायद वे इतनी दूरी एक ही दिन में तय कर लें। Perhaps they will manage to cover this much distance in a single day.

(shaayad ve itnii doorii ek hii din men tay kar len।)

Morphology

Adjective (invariant)

invariant: तय (tay)