English

Noun

matra ‎(plural matras)

1. (music) 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 the Devanagari script
4. An intra-syllabic vowel symbol in Indic scripts

Translations

See also

• laya
• tala

Anagrams

• Tamar
• Tamra

Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: mada — 馬達/马达 (mǎ dá)
• English: motr — motor
• Hindi: motar — मोटर (mōṭara)
• Spanish: motor — motor
• Russian: mator — мотор (motor)
• Arabic: motor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatra/

Gismu

matra

1. motor; x1 is a motor/engine, driving/propelling/providing power to x2.

Related terms

• marce
• minji
• carce

Novial

Noun

matra ‎(plural matras)

1. mother

Synonyms

• patra

Coordinate terms

• patro

Hypernyms

• patre