सीट (siit)

noun A borrowed word from English 'seat', used for a literal seat (in a vehicle, cinema, etc.) and, by extension, for an electoral/legislative seat.
Sense 1 : seat (physical place to sit)
noun, feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is one of those thoroughly naturalized English loanwords -- you will hear सीट (siit) far more often than any Sanskrit-derived alternative when talking about buses, trains, cinema halls, or flights. Booking a सीट (siit) on the Delhi Metro or a train is everyday vocabulary, not a borrowed-word oddity.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes say जगह (jagah) when they mean a reserved seat on a bus or train; सीट (siit) specifically implies an assigned or bookable spot, while जगह (jagah) is just generic space. 2) With बुक करना (buk karnaa) or रिज़र्व करना (rizarv karnaa), सीट (siit) is the natural object -- learners sometimes overuse जगह (jagah) here instead.
Sample Sentences:
क्या यह सीट खाली है? Is this seat empty?
(kyaa yah siit khaalii hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मैंने कल ही ट्रेन की सीट बुक करवा ली थी। I had already booked the train seat yesterday.
(mainne kal hii tren kii siit buk karvaa lii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
कृपया अपनी सीट पर बैठ जाइए, बस चलने वाली है। Please sit in your seat, the bus is about to leave.
(kripyaa apnii siit par baith jaaie, bas chalne vaalii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
वह खिड़की वाली सीट पर बैठा है। He is sitting in the window seat.
(vah khidkii vaalii siit par baithaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर मुझे पहले पता होता तो मैं आगे की सीट ले लेता। If I had known earlier, I would have taken the front seat.
(agar mujhe pahle pataa hotaa to main aage kii siit le letaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
सिनेमा हॉल में हर शो के लिए सीटें सीमित होती हैं। In the cinema hall, seats are limited for every show.
(sinemaa hol men har sho ke lie siiten siimit hotii hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उड़ान में सारी सीटें एक हफ्ते पहले ही बुक हो चुकी थीं। All the seats on the flight had already been booked a week earlier.
(udaan men saarii siiten ek haphte pahle hii buk ho chukii thiin।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
मेट्रो में इतनी भीड़ थी कि मुझे सीट ही नहीं मिली। There was so much crowd in the metro that I didn't even get a seat.
(metro men itnii bhiid thii ki mujhe siit hii nahiin milii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम मेरे लिए एक सीट रोक सकते हो? Can you hold a seat for me?
(kyaa tum mere lie ek siit rok sakte ho?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगली बार से हम पहले से सीट बुक कर लें, ताकि लाइन में न लगना पड़े। Let's book the seat in advance next time, so we don't have to stand in line.
(aglii baar se ham pahle se siit buk kar len, taaki laain men n lagnaa pade।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
बुज़ुर्गों और गर्भवती महिलाओं के लिए सीटें आरक्षित रहती हैं। Seats remain reserved for the elderly and pregnant women.
(buzurgon aur garbhavtii mahilaaon ke lie siiten aarakshit rahtii hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
Sense 2 : seat (electoral constituency or legislative position)
noun, feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: During election season, Indian news channels are full of phrases like कितनी सीटें मिलीं (kitnii siiten miliin, 'how many seats were won') -- this political sense of सीट (siit) is extremely common in news Hindi and everyday political chatter, right alongside its literal seat meaning.
Common Mistakes: 1) In this sense सीट (siit) refers to the constituency or the position itself (e.g. how many seats a party won), not a physical chair -- learners occasionally get confused when reading election news and picture furniture instead of a constituency.
Sample Sentences:
इस बार पार्टी को कुल दो सौ सीटें मिलीं। This time the party won a total of two hundred seats.
(is baar paartii ko kul do sau siiten miliin।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
यह सीट पिछले तीस सालों से इस पार्टी के पास रहती है। This seat has remained with this party for the last thirty years.
(yah siit pichhle tiis saalon se is paartii ke paas rahtii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
चुनाव आयोग इस सीट पर दोबारा वोटिंग करवा सकता है। The election commission might hold voting on this seat again.
(chunaav aayog is siit par dobaaraa voting karvaa saktaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर उम्मीदवार थोड़ा और प्रचार करता तो यह सीट नहीं हारता। If the candidate had campaigned a bit more, he wouldn't have lost this seat.
(agar ummiidvaar thodaa aur prachaar kartaa to yah siit nahiin haartaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इस सीट के नतीजे कल घोषित किए जाएंगे। The results of this seat will be declared tomorrow.
(is siit ke natiije kal ghoshit kie jaaenge।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
भाई, इस बार अपनी सीट पक्की है यार, टेंशन मत लो। Bro, our seat is secure this time, don't worry.
(bhaaii, is baar apnii siit pakkii hai yaar, tenshan mat lo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कृपया देखिए कि किस राज्य से कितनी सीटें मिलीं। Please check how many seats came from which state.
(kripyaa dekhie ki kis raajy se kitnii siiten miliin।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
मंत्री जी अपनी पुरानी सीट से इस्तीफा दे रहे हैं। The minister is resigning from his old seat.
(mantrii jii apnii puraanii siit se istiiphaa de rahe hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पार्टी चाहती है कि हर सीट पर एक मजबूत उम्मीदवार खड़ा हो। The party wants a strong candidate to stand from every seat.
(paartii chaahtii hai ki har siit par ek majboot ummiidvaar khadaa ho।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उस सीट पर पिछले चुनाव में कड़ा मुकाबला हुआ था। There was a tight contest on that seat in the last election.
(us siit par pichhle chunaav men kadaa mukaablaa huaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर सर्वे सही निकला तो विपक्ष को कम से कम पचास सीटें मिल जाएंगी। If the survey turns out correct, the opposition will get at least fifty seats.
(agar sarve sahii niklaa to vipaksh ko kam se kam pachaas siiten mil jaaengii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): सीट (siit)
(sg.f.oblique): सीट (siit)
(pl.f.direct): सीटें (siiten)
(pl.f.oblique): सीटों (siiton)