सिग्रेट (sigret)

noun A common colloquial variant spelling of सिगरेट (sigret, 'cigarette'), itself a loanword from English. Just one sense: the tobacco cigarette.
Sense 1 : cigarette
noun, feminine
Synonyms: सिगरेट (sigret, dominant spelling)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this dropped-vowel pronunciation constantly on the street and in dhabas -- Hindi speakers often simplify English consonant clusters like 'sig-ret' into a smoother 'si-gret' shape. Asking for एक सिग्रेट (ek sigret, 'one cigarette') outside a paan shop is a completely everyday transaction across North India.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often assume this is a misspelling to be corrected, but सिग्रेट (sigret) is simply how many people actually pronounce and write the word in casual speech and text -- both spellings are understood and accepted. 2) Like most loanwords for countable objects, it takes पीना (piinaa, 'to drink/smoke') rather than a literal 'smoke' verb: सिग्रेट पीना (sigret piinaa, 'to smoke a cigarette').
Sample Sentences:
भैया, एक सिग्रेट देना। Brother, give me one cigarette.
(bhaiyaa, ek sigret denaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
वह दिन में दो सिग्रेट पीता है। He smokes two cigarettes a day.
(vah din men do sigret piitaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मैंने पान की दुकान से एक सिग्रेट खरीदी। I bought a cigarette from the paan shop.
(mainne paan kii dukaan se ek sigret khariidii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
वह बालकनी में खड़ा सिग्रेट पी रहा है। He's standing on the balcony smoking a cigarette.
(vah baalaknii men khadaa sigret pii rahaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हारे पास एक सिग्रेट है? Do you have a cigarette on you?
(kyaa tumhaare paas ek sigret hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि वह सिग्रेट छोड़ दे। The doctor said he should give up cigarettes.
(doktar ne kahaa ki vah sigret chhod de।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
अगर उसके पास पैसे होते तो वह और सिग्रेट खरीदता। If he had had money, he would have bought more cigarettes.
(agar uske paas paise hote to vah aur sigret khariidtaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
सार्वजनिक जगहों पर सिग्रेट पीना मना है। Smoking cigarettes in public places is prohibited.
(saarvajnik jagahon par sigret piinaa manaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
यहाँ हर दुकान पर सिग्रेट बेची जाती है। Cigarettes are sold at every shop here.
(yahaan har dukaan par sigret bechii jaatii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
कल रात पार्टी में उसने कई सिग्रेट फूँक डाली थीं। Last night at the party he puffed through several cigarettes.
(kal raat paartii men usne kaii sigret phoonk daalii thiin।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): सिग्रेट (sigret)
(sg.f.oblique): सिग्रेट (sigret)
(pl.f.direct): सिग्रेटें (sigreten)
(pl.f.oblique): सिग्रेटों (sigreton)