jegy

Jegy is a Hungarian noun with several related meanings. The most common are a ticket or pass for travel or admission, a grade or mark given in education, and a broader sense tied to a sign or indicator. In music, the term appears in compounds such as hangjegy, meaning a musical note.

In the ticket sense, jegy denotes a document that authorizes use of transportation or entry to an event. Examples include vasúti jegy (railway ticket), buszjegy (bus ticket), and színházi jegy (theatre ticket). Tickets are typically purchased in advance and may be validated or checked by staff before use.

In education, jegy refers to a student's grade. Common phrases include megkapta a jegyét or jó jegy. The usual Hungarian grading scale is 1 to 5, where a higher number indicates a better performance.

Other uses exist in compounds and set phrases that describe signs, indicators, or tokens, such as jegyellenőrzés (ticket inspection) or hangjegy (musical note). The word also appears in various fixed expressions and compound nouns related to marks or symbols.