टिकट (tikat)

noun A loanword from English 'ticket', used for both a travel/entry ticket and a postage stamp; grammatical gender varies by speaker for both senses.
Sense 1 : ticket (for travel, cinema, entry, etc.)
noun, masculine/feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: At a Delhi Metro counter or railway window, you'll hear एक टिकट दे दो (ek tikat de do, 'give me one ticket') constantly -- टिकट कटाना (tikat kataanaa) literally 'to get a ticket cut' comes from the days of hand-punched paper tickets and is still the standard idiom even for digital bookings today.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often fix the gender as feminine because of the '-ी' sound at the end, but many Delhi-NCR speakers treat टिकट (tikat) as masculine -- both टिकट मिल गया (tikat mil gayaa, 'the ticket was found/obtained') and टिकट मिल गई (tikat mil gaii, 'the ticket was found/obtained') are heard, so listen for the agreement your interlocutor uses rather than assuming one. 2) For buying a ticket, the natural collocation is टिकट लेना (tikat lenaa, 'to take/buy a ticket') or टिकट कटाना (tikat kataanaa, 'to get a ticket cut/issued'), not a literal 'buy' verb in most everyday contexts.
Sample Sentences:
एक टिकट दे दो। Give me one ticket.
(ek tikat de do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
मुझे कल दिल्ली जाने के लिए टिकट कटानी है। I need to get a ticket for tomorrow's trip to Delhi.
(mujhe kal dillii jaane ke lie tikat kataanii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसने कल रात ऑनलाइन फिल्म का टिकट बुक किया। He booked the movie ticket online last night.
(usne kal raat onlaain philm kaa tikat buk kiyaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
स्टेशन पर हर रोज़ इतनी भीड़ होती है कि टिकट कटाने में आधा घंटा लग जाता है। There's such a crowd at the station every day that it takes half an hour just to get a ticket.
(steshan par har roz itnii bhiid hotii hai ki tikat kataane men aadhaa ghantaa lag jaataa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बिना टिकट यात्रा करना कानूनन जुर्म है। Traveling without a ticket is a legal offense.
(binaa tikat yaatraa karnaa kaanoonan jurm hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम पहले बता देते तो मैं तुम्हारे लिए भी टिकट कटा लेता। If you had told me earlier, I would have gotten a ticket for you too.
(agar tum pahle bataa dete to main tumhaare lie bhii tikat kataa letaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
क्या पता कल टिकट मिले या न मिले, अभी बुक करा लो। Who knows if you'll get a ticket tomorrow or not -- book it now.
(kyaa pataa kal tikat mile yaa n mile, abhii buk karaa lo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
टिकट काउंटर पर लंबी लाइन लगी हुई थी। There was a long line at the ticket counter.
(tikat kaauntar par lambii laain lagii huii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
टिकट चेकर हर डिब्बे में टिकट जाँच रहा था। The ticket checker was checking tickets in every compartment.
(tikat chekar har dibbe men tikat jaanch rahaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
संग्रहालय में प्रवेश के लिए टिकट लिया जाता है। A ticket is required for entry into the museum.
(sangrahaalay men pravesh ke lie tikat liyaa jaataa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
कृपया अपना टिकट सुरक्षित रखें, यात्रा के अंत तक इसकी जाँच हो सकती है। Please keep your ticket safe, it may be checked until the end of the journey.
(kripyaa apnaa tikat surakshit rakhen, yaatraa ke ant tak iskii jaanch ho saktii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
Sense 2 : postage stamp
noun, masculine/feminine
Synonyms: डाक टिकट (daak tikat, full form, m/f)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Older generations who grew up writing letters still say टिकट लगाना (tikat lagaanaa, 'to affix a stamp') reflexively; with email and WhatsApp dominant now, this sense is fading fastest among younger urban speakers.
Common Mistakes: 1) This sense is often specified as डाक टिकट (daak tikat, 'postal ticket/stamp') to avoid ambiguity with the travel-ticket sense, especially outside of a clearly postal context.
Sample Sentences:
इस लिफाफे पर टिकट लगाओ। Put a stamp on this envelope.
(is liphaaphe par tikat lagaao।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
मैंने चिट्ठी पर टिकट लगा दिया है। I have put a stamp on the letter.
(mainne chitthii par tikat lagaa diyaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पहले लोग डाकघर से टिकट खरीदते थे। Earlier, people used to buy stamps from the post office.
(pahle log daakghar se tikat khariidte the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इस पार्सल पर टिकट लगाया जा रहा है। A stamp is being put on this parcel.
(is paarsal par tikat lagaayaa jaa rahaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
अगर टिकट न लगाया गया तो चिट्ठी वापस आ जाएगी। If a stamp is not affixed, the letter will come back.
(agar tikat n lagaayaa gayaa to chitthii vaapas aa jaaegii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
मेरे दादाजी के पास पुराने टिकटों का एक बड़ा संग्रह है। My grandfather has a large collection of old stamps.
(mere daadaajii ke paas puraane tikton kaa ek badaa sangrah hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर टिकट न लगा होता, तो चिट्ठी डाकघर में ही रुक जाती। If the stamp hadn't been affixed, the letter would have been held back at the post office.
(agar tikat n lagaa hotaa, to chitthii daakghar men hii ruk jaatii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
कृपया इस लिफाफे पर सही मूल्य का टिकट लगाइए। Please affix a stamp of the correct value on this envelope.
(kripyaa is liphaaphe par sahii mooly kaa tikat lagaaie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
आजकल बच्चे टिकट को पहचानते भी नहीं हैं। These days children don't even recognize a postage stamp.
(aajkal bachche tikat ko pahchaante bhii nahiin hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हारे पास कोई टिकट बचा है? Do you have any stamp left?
(kyaa tumhaare paas koii tikat bachaa hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m/f.direct): टिकट (tikat)
(sg.m/f.oblique): टिकट (tikat)
(pl.m/f.direct): टिकटें (tikten)
(pl.m/f.oblique): टिकटों (tikton)