"matra" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: matras [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā, “measure, small quantity”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sa|मात्रा||measure, small quantity}} Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā, “measure, small quantity”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} matra (plural matras)
  1. (music) In Indian music, the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala. Translations (music term): मात्रा (mātrā) (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-matra-en-noun-Od0mhTzy Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music term': 86 0 14 0
  2. In Indian poetics and linguistics, a measure of the length of a syllable; equivalent to mora. Translations (poetic and linguistic term): मात्रा (mātrā) (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-matra-en-noun-nsN~NGq6 Disambiguation of 'poetic and linguistic term': 6 86 4 5
  3. The characteristic horizontal line drawn above characters in some Indic scripts.
    Sense id: en-matra-en-noun-ShDWcymy
  4. An intra-syllabic vowel symbol in Indic scripts. Translations (vowel symbol): मात्रा (mātrā) [masculine] (Hindi), ма́тра (mátra) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-matra-en-noun-9QtqIFxj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 4 32 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 6 30 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 17 2 19 27 1 15 2 1 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 1 21 28 1 15 1 1 13 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 24 7 29 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 18 14 28 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 6 30 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 21 9 29 41 Disambiguation of 'vowel symbol': 0 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: laya, tala Translations (horizontal line in many Indic scripts): মাত্রা (matra) (Bengali), मात्रा (mātrā) [masculine] (Hindi), शिरोरेखा (śirorekhā) [feminine] (Hindi), ма́тра (mátra) [feminine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'horizontal line in many Indic scripts': 11 6 40 43

Inflected forms

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