Bilet sekiz lira.

In Turkish, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense when making simple statements like this.

So instead of saying something equivalent to The ticket is eight lira, Turkish commonly says:

Bilet sekiz lira.

This is completely normal.
You may sometimes see -dir added in more formal, emphatic, or explanatory language:

Bilet sekiz liradır.

But in everyday speech, Bilet sekiz lira is the usual natural form.

The normal Turkish order here is:

subject/topic + price/value

So:

Bilet sekiz lira
= The ticket is eight lira

Putting bilet first makes ticket the topic of the sentence.

Sekiz lira bilet is not the normal way to say this as a full sentence. It sounds incomplete or unnatural in standard usage. If you want to focus on the price, Turkish still usually keeps a clearer sentence structure, for example:

Biletin fiyatı sekiz lira.
= The price of the ticket is eight lira.

Turkish does not have articles like a/an and the in the same way English does.

So bilet can mean things like:

• a ticket
• the ticket
• ticket in a general sense

The exact meaning depends on context.

In Bilet sekiz lira, English might translate it as:

• The ticket is eight lira
• A ticket is eight lira
• Tickets cost eight lira (depending on situation)

Turkish often leaves this kind of definiteness unstated unless context makes it clear.

After numbers, Turkish nouns normally stay singular, not plural.

So:

• bir lira = one lira
• sekiz lira = eight lira

Not:

• sekiz liralar

This is a very important difference from English. In Turkish, the number already shows plurality, so adding a plural ending would usually be wrong.

The same pattern appears in many other nouns:

• iki kitap = two books
• beş öğrenci = five students

For the same reason: in Turkish, numbers are followed by the singular form of the noun.

So lira does not change after sekiz.

This applies broadly:

• üç gün = three days
• on yıl = ten years
• dört elma = four apples

Even though English uses plural nouns after most numbers, Turkish usually does not.

Yes. In everyday Turkish, especially in writing, prices are often given with TL instead of lira:

Bilet sekiz TL.

That is very common and natural.

You may also see the symbol:

Bilet 8 TL.

In speech, though, people often pronounce it as sekiz lira.

Because bilet is just the plain noun here, acting as the subject/topic of the sentence.

Compare:

• Bilet sekiz lira. = The ticket is eight lira.
• Biletin fiyatı sekiz lira. = The ticket’s price is eight lira.

In the second sentence, biletin has -in because it means of the ticket or the ticket’s.

In your original sentence, no such relationship is being marked, so the basic form bilet is used.

Yes, but only slightly.

• Bilet sekiz lira. = normal, everyday, conversational
• Bilet sekiz liradır. = more formal, more explicit, sometimes more emphatic

The ending -dır / -dir / -dur / -dür can add a sense of firmness, formality, or general statement.

In ordinary speech, learners should usually prefer:

Bilet sekiz lira.

Yes, depending on context.

Turkish often uses this short structure for prices, and English can translate it in slightly different ways:

• The ticket is eight lira.
• A ticket is eight lira.
• The ticket costs eight lira.
• Tickets are eight lira. (in the right context)

The exact English version depends on the situation, but the Turkish sentence itself is perfectly natural for stating the price.

Not necessarily better—just more explicit.

• Bilet sekiz lira. = shorter, very natural, common in everyday speech
• Biletin fiyatı sekiz lira. = more detailed, literally The ticket’s price is eight lira

If you are simply telling someone the price, Bilet sekiz lira is completely natural.

A simple approximate pronunciation is:

bee-LET seh-KIZ LEE-ra

A few notes:

• bilet has stress on the last syllable: bi-LET
• sekiz sounds roughly like seh-kiz
• lira sounds like LEE-ra

The Turkish r is usually lighter and more tapped than in most English accents.

Yes, very often.

If the context already makes it clear what you are talking about, a Turkish speaker may simply say:

Sekiz lira.

This is very common in shops, ticket offices, and everyday conversation.

So:

• Bilet sekiz lira. = full sentence
• Sekiz lira. = shorter answer, when the subject is already understood