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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɑːt̪.ɾɑː/,
Noun
मात्रा • (mātrā) f
- amount, quantity
- (medicine) dose
- a vowel diacritic in Brahmic scripts, such as Devanagari
Declension
Declension of मात्रा (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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मात्रा
mātrā
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मात्राएँ
mātrāẽ
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| oblique
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मात्रा
mātrā
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मात्राओं
mātrāõ
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| vocative
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मात्रा
mātrā
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मात्राओ
mātrāo
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References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मात्रा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मात्रा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- “मात्रा”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मात्रा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मात्रा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “मात्रा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) and Latin mēnsūra.
Pronunciation
Noun
मात्रा • (mā́trā) stem, f
- measure, quantity, size
- unit of measure
Declension
Descendants