मात्रा mātrā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Quantity.
Scale.
A dose.
Degree.
A vowel-mark in the Devna:gri: and other allied scripts; length of time taken in pronouncing a vowel or consonant.
(Bābā) Punctuation mark.

Usual translation

  1. trace

Origin of the definition

मात्रा mātrā mā:ttra: (nf) quantity; scale; a dose; degree; a vowel-mark in the Devna:gri: and other allied scripts; length of time taken in pronouncing a vowel or consonant; ~त्मक/मूलक quantitative; based on मात्रा.

S ماترا मात्रा mātrā , s.f. Measure; quantity; a minute portion, particle, atom, a little, trifle; an element; an ingredient; an instant; a dose (of medicine); — a prosodial instant, the unit (in metre), the length of time required to pronounce a short syllable; — materials, property, goods, possessions, wealth, substance, means of subsistence; — a vowel-symbol; the upper or horizontal limb of the Nāgarī characters: — mātrā lagānā (-meṅ), To put in the vowel-marks.

मात्रा. Punctuation mark; quantity.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

23 occurrences

In 18 on 2386 murlis

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Created
Thursday 16 March 2023
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Wednesday 17 July 2024