क्रिकेट (kriket)

noun A borrowed English word for the sport of cricket, used exactly as in English with no native Hindi equivalent in everyday speech.
Sense 1 : the sport of cricket
noun, masculine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Cricket is close to a national religion in Delhi-NCR and across India; you will hear क्रिकेट (kriket) constantly on street corners, in office chatter, and around big matches, especially India-Pakistan games. Kids playing an informal street version often call it गली क्रिकेट (galii kriket, 'gully/lane cricket'), a very common sight in almost any neighborhood lane.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to make this feminine by analogy with other loanwords; it is consistently treated as masculine, e.g. क्रिकेट खेलना (kriket khelnaa, 'to play cricket') takes masculine agreement on the verb when unmarked. 2) The verb पसंद होना (pasand honaa) or अच्छा लगना (achchhaa lagnaa) is used with क्रिकेट as the liked thing (dative-subject construction), not a direct 'to like' verb: मुझे क्रिकेट पसंद है (mujhe kriket pasand hai, 'I like cricket').
Sample Sentences:
मुझे क्रिकेट देखना बहुत पसंद है। I really like watching cricket.
(mujhe kriket dekhnaa bahut pasand hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बच्चे गली में क्रिकेट खेल रहे हैं। The kids are playing cricket in the lane.
(bachche galii men kriket khel rahe hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल रात हमने पूरा क्रिकेट मैच देखा। We watched the whole cricket match last night.
(kal raat hamne pooraa kriket maich dekhaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इस रविवार हम गली क्रिकेट खेलेंगे। We'll play gully cricket this Sunday.
(is ravivaar ham galii kriket khelenge।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
अगर बारिश न होती तो हम आज क्रिकेट खेलते। If it hadn't rained, we would be playing cricket today.
(agar baarish n hotii to ham aaj kriket khelte।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
भारत में क्रिकेट को धर्म की तरह माना जाता है। Cricket is regarded almost like a religion in India.
(bhaarat men kriket ko dharm kii tarah maanaa jaataa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
क्या तुमने भारत-पाकिस्तान का क्रिकेट मैच देखा? Did you watch the India-Pakistan cricket match?
(kyaa tumne bhaarat-paakistaan kaa kriket maich dekhaa?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
जब मैं छोटा था, मैं रोज़ शाम को क्रिकेट खेलता था। When I was little, I used to play cricket every evening.
(jab main chhotaa thaa, main roz shaam ko kriket kheltaa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
काश मुझे भी क्रिकेट खेलना आता। I wish I knew how to play cricket too.
(kaash mujhe bhii kriket khelnaa aataa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
मैच के बाद स्टेडियम में जमकर क्रिकेट पर चर्चा हुई। After the match, there was a lively discussion about cricket in the stadium.
(maich ke baad stediyam men jamkar kriket par charchaa huii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्रिकेट खेलते वक़्त छत पर मत जाओ, गेंद कहीं भी जा सकती है। Don't go up to the roof while playing cricket, the ball could go anywhere.
(kriket khelte vaqt chhat par mat jaao, gend kahiin bhii jaa saktii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): क्रिकेट (kriket)
(sg.m.oblique): क्रिकेट (kriket)
(pl.m.direct): क्रिकेट (kriket)
(pl.m.oblique): क्रिकेटों (kriketon)