मात्रा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːt̪.ɾɑː/, [mäːt̪.ɾäː]

Noun

मात्रा • (mātrā) f

  1. amount, quantity
    1. (medicine) dose
  2. a vowel diacritic in Brahmic scripts, such as Devanagari

Declension

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मात्रा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (to measure). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) and Latin mēnsūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

मात्रा • (mā́trā) stem, f

  1. measure, quantity, size
  2. unit of measure

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मात्रा (mā́trā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मात्रा
mā́trā
मात्रे
mā́tre
मात्राः
mā́trāḥ
Vocative मात्रे
mā́tre
मात्रे
mā́tre
मात्राः
mā́trāḥ
Accusative मात्राम्
mā́trām
मात्रे
mā́tre
मात्राः
mā́trāḥ
Instrumental मात्रया / मात्रा¹
mā́trayā / mā́trā¹
मात्राभ्याम्
mā́trābhyām
मात्राभिः
mā́trābhiḥ
Dative मात्रायै
mā́trāyai
मात्राभ्याम्
mā́trābhyām
मात्राभ्यः
mā́trābhyaḥ
Ablative मात्रायाः / मात्रायै²
mā́trāyāḥ / mā́trāyai²
मात्राभ्याम्
mā́trābhyām
मात्राभ्यः
mā́trābhyaḥ
Genitive मात्रायाः / मात्रायै²
mā́trāyāḥ / mā́trāyai²
मात्रयोः
mā́trayoḥ
मात्राणाम्
mā́trāṇām
Locative मात्रायाम्
mā́trāyām
मात्रयोः
mā́trayoḥ
मात्रासु
mā́trāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

  • Kannada: ಮಾತ್ರೆ (mātre)
  • Khmer: មាត្រា (miətraa)
  • Old Javanese: mātra
    • > Javanese: ꦩꦠꦿ (matra) (inherited)
    • Balinese: ᬫᬢ᭄ᬭ (matra)
  • Thai: มาตรา (mâat-dtraa)
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