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matra

matra noun: in Indian music, the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala.

Noun

matra (plural matras)

  1. In Indian music, the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala.
  2. In Indian poetics and linguistics, a measure of the length of a syllable; equivalent to mora.
  3. The characteristic horizontal line drawn above characters in some Indic scripts.
  4. An intra-syllabic vowel symbol in Indic scripts.

matra meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Sanskrit

matra in Hindi

horizontal line in many Indic scripts
मात्रा mātrā, शिरोरेखा śirorekhā
vowel symbol
मात्रा mātrā

matra in Bengali

horizontal line in many Indic scripts
মাত্রা matra

matra in Sanskrit

music term
मात्रा mātrā
poetic and linguistic term
मात्रा mātrā

Forms of matra

pluralmatras

Origin of matra

Borrowed from Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā, “measure, small quantity”).

Questions about matra

What does matra mean?
Matra means in Indian music, the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala.
What is matra in Hindi?
Matra in Hindi is मात्रा (mātrā), शिरोरेखा (śirorekhā). See Matra meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is matra?
Matra is a noun.
What is the plural of matra?
The plural of matra is matras.

Words near matra in the dictionary

  1. Matouseks
  2. MatPat effect
  3. matpe bean
  4. matpe beans
  5. matr-
  6. matra
  7. matraca
  8. matracas
  9. matraite
  10. Matralia
  11. Matran

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