मात्र
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːt̪.ɾᵊ/, [mäːt̪.ɾᵊ]
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মাত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬵᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- মাত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- မာတြ (Burmese script)
- માત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦴꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಾತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- មាត្រ (Khmer script)
- ມາຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- മാത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ମାତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢪꢵꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- මාත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩛𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- மாத்ர (Tamil script)
- మాత్ర (Telugu script)
- มาตฺร (Thai script)
- མཱ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́tram, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁-tro-m, from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron), hence English metre.
Noun
मात्र • (mātra) stem, n
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of मात्र (mātra) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मात्रम् mātram |
मात्रे mātre |
मात्राणि / मात्रा¹ mātrāṇi / mātrā¹ |
Vocative | मात्र mātra |
मात्रे mātre |
मात्राणि / मात्रा¹ mātrāṇi / mātrā¹ |
Accusative | मात्रम् mātram |
मात्रे mātre |
मात्राणि / मात्रा¹ mātrāṇi / mātrā¹ |
Instrumental | मात्रेण mātreṇa |
मात्राभ्याम् mātrābhyām |
मात्रैः / मात्रेभिः¹ mātraiḥ / mātrebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मात्राय mātrāya |
मात्राभ्याम् mātrābhyām |
मात्रेभ्यः mātrebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मात्रात् mātrāt |
मात्राभ्याम् mātrābhyām |
मात्रेभ्यः mātrebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मात्रस्य mātrasya |
मात्रयोः mātrayoḥ |
मात्राणाम् mātrāṇām |
Locative | मात्रे mātre |
मात्रयोः mātrayoḥ |
मात्रेषु mātreṣu |
Notes |
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Adjective
मात्र • (mātra) stem
- having the measure of, i.e. as large or high or long or broad or deep or far or much or many
- possessing (only) as much as or no more than
- amounting (only) to
- being nothing but, simply or merely
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मात्र | |||
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Nom. sg. | मात्रः (mātraḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | मात्रस्य (mātrasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मात्रः (mātraḥ) | मात्रौ (mātrau) | मात्राः (mātrāḥ) |
Vocative | मात्र (mātra) | मात्रौ (mātrau) | मात्राः (mātrāḥ) |
Accusative | मात्रम् (mātram) | मात्रौ (mātrau) | मात्रान् (mātrān) |
Instrumental | मात्रेन (mātrena) | मात्राभ्याम् (mātrābhyām) | मात्रैः (mātraiḥ) |
Dative | मात्राय (mātrāya) | मात्राभ्याम् (mātrābhyām) | मात्रेभ्यः (mātrebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | मात्रात् (mātrāt) | मात्राभ्याम् (mātrābhyām) | मात्रेभ्यः (mātrebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | मात्रस्य (mātrasya) | मात्रयोः (mātrayoḥ) | मात्रानाम् (mātrānām) |
Locative | मात्रे (mātre) | मात्रयोः (mātrayoḥ) | मात्रेषु (mātreṣu) |
Feminine ā-stem declension of मात्र | |||
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Nom. sg. | मात्रा (mātrā) | ||
Gen. sg. | मात्रायाः (mātrāyāḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मात्रा (mātrā) | मात्रे (mātre) | मात्राः (mātrāḥ) |
Vocative | मात्रे (mātre) | मात्रे (mātre) | मात्राः (mātrāḥ) |
Accusative | मात्राम् (mātrām) | मात्रे (mātre) | मात्राः (mātrāḥ) |
Instrumental | मात्रया (mātrayā) | मात्राभ्याम् (mātrābhyām) | मात्राभिः (mātrābhiḥ) |
Dative | मात्रायै (mātrāyai) | मात्राभ्याम् (mātrābhyām) | मात्राभ्यः (mātrābhyaḥ) |
Ablative | मात्रायाः (mātrāyāḥ) | मात्राभ्याम् (mātrābhyām) | मात्राभ्यः (mātrābhyaḥ) |
Genitive | मात्रायाः (mātrāyāḥ) | मात्रयोः (mātrayoḥ) | मात्रानाम् (mātrānām) |
Locative | मात्रायाम् (mātrāyām) | मात्रयोः (mātrayoḥ) | मात्रासु (mātrāsu) |
Neuter a-stem declension of मात्र | |||
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Nom. sg. | मात्रम् (mātram) | ||
Gen. sg. | मात्रस्य (mātrasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मात्रम् (mātram) | मात्रे (mātre) | मात्रानि (mātrāni) |
Vocative | मात्र (mātra) | मात्रे (mātre) | मात्रानि (mātrāni) |
Accusative | मात्रम् (mātram) | मात्रे (mātre) | मात्रानि (mātrāni) |
Instrumental | मात्रेन (mātrena) | मात्राभ्याम् (mātrābhyām) | मात्रैः (mātraiḥ) |
Dative | मात्राय (mātrāya) | मात्राभ्याम् (mātrābhyām) | मात्रेभ्यः (mātrebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | मात्रात् (mātrāt) | मात्राभ्याम् (mātrābhyām) | मात्रेभ्यः (mātrebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | मात्रस्य (mātrasya) | मात्रयोः (mātrayoḥ) | मात्रानाम् (mātrānām) |
Locative | मात्रे (mātre) | मात्रयोः (mātrayoḥ) | मात्रेषु (mātreṣu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मात्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 804/2-3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 341-3; 347
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मात्र”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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