मात्र
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit मात्र (mātra).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːt̪.ɾᵊ/, [mäːt̪.ɾᵊ]
Adjective
[edit]मात्र • (mātra) (indeclinable)
- mere, but a(n)
Adverb
[edit]मात्र • (mātra)
References
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मात्र”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3880
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “मात्र”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 589
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मात्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 804
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मात्र”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 502.
Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit मात्र (mātra), through Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘨 (mātra, “only”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]मात्र • (mātra)
References
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “मात्र”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “मात्र”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মাত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬵᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- মাত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- မာတြ (Burmese script)
- માત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦴꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಾತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- មាត្រ (Khmer script)
- ມາຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- മാത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ମାତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢪꢵꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- මාත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩛𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- மாத்ர (Tamil script)
- మాత్ర (Telugu script)
- มาตฺร (Thai script)
- མཱ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From मात्रा॑ (mā́trā, “measure”) at the end of bahuvrihi compounds.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]मा॒त्र • (mātrá) stem (at the end of a compound)
- having the measure of, i.e. as large or high or long or broad or deep or far or much or many
- possessing (only) as much as or no more than
- amounting (only) to
- being nothing but, simply or merely
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मा॒त्रः (mātráḥ) | मा॒त्रौ (mātráu) मा॒त्रा¹ (mātrā́¹) |
मा॒त्राः (mātrā́ḥ) मा॒त्रासः॑¹ (mātrā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | मा॒त्रम् (mātrám) | मा॒त्रौ (mātráu) मा॒त्रा¹ (mātrā́¹) |
मा॒त्रान् (mātrā́n) |
| instrumental | मा॒त्रेण॑ (mātréṇa) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्रैः (mātráiḥ) मा॒त्रेभिः॑¹ (mātrébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मा॒त्राय॑ (mātrā́ya) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्रेभ्यः॑ (mātrébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मा॒त्रात् (mātrā́t) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्रेभ्यः॑ (mātrébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मा॒त्रस्य॑ (mātrásya) | मा॒त्रयोः॑ (mātráyoḥ) | मा॒त्राणा॑म् (mātrā́ṇām) |
| locative | मा॒त्रे (mātré) | मा॒त्रयोः॑ (mātráyoḥ) | मा॒त्रेषु॑ (mātréṣu) |
| vocative | मात्र॑ (mā́tra) | मात्रौ॑ (mā́trau) मात्रा॑¹ (mā́trā¹) |
मात्राः॑ (mā́trāḥ) मात्रा॑सः¹ (mā́trāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मा॒त्रा (mātrā́) | मा॒त्रे (mātré) | मा॒त्राः (mātrā́ḥ) |
| accusative | मा॒त्राम् (mātrā́m) | मा॒त्रे (mātré) | मा॒त्राः (mātrā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | मा॒त्रया॑ (mātráyā) मा॒त्रा¹ (mātrā́¹) |
मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्राभिः॑ (mātrā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | मा॒त्रायै॑ (mātrā́yai) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्राभ्यः॑ (mātrā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मा॒त्रायाः॑ (mātrā́yāḥ) मा॒त्रायै॑² (mātrā́yai²) |
मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्राभ्यः॑ (mātrā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मा॒त्रायाः॑ (mātrā́yāḥ) मा॒त्रायै॑² (mātrā́yai²) |
मा॒त्रयोः॑ (mātráyoḥ) | मा॒त्राणा॑म् (mātrā́ṇām) |
| locative | मा॒त्राया॑म् (mātrā́yām) | मा॒त्रयोः॑ (mātráyoḥ) | मा॒त्रासु॑ (mātrā́su) |
| vocative | मात्रे॑ (mā́tre) | मात्रे॑ (mā́tre) | मात्राः॑ (mā́trāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मा॒त्री (mātrī́) | मा॒त्र्यौ॑ (mātryàu) मा॒त्री¹ (mātrī́¹) |
मा॒त्र्यः॑ (mātryàḥ) मा॒त्रीः¹ (mātrī́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | मा॒त्रीम् (mātrī́m) | मा॒त्र्यौ॑ (mātryàu) मा॒त्री¹ (mātrī́¹) |
मा॒त्रीः (mātrī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | मा॒त्र्या (mātryā́) | मा॒त्रीभ्या॑म् (mātrī́bhyām) | मा॒त्रीभिः॑ (mātrī́bhiḥ) |
| dative | मा॒त्र्यै (mātryái) | मा॒त्रीभ्या॑म् (mātrī́bhyām) | मा॒त्रीभ्यः॑ (mātrī́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मा॒त्र्याः (mātryā́ḥ) मा॒त्र्यै² (mātryái²) |
मा॒त्रीभ्या॑म् (mātrī́bhyām) | मा॒त्रीभ्यः॑ (mātrī́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मा॒त्र्याः (mātryā́ḥ) मा॒त्र्यै² (mātryái²) |
मा॒त्र्योः (mātryóḥ) | मा॒त्रीणा॑म् (mātrī́ṇām) मा॒त्री॒णाम्³ (mātrīṇā́m³) |
| locative | मा॒त्र्याम् (mātryā́m) | मा॒त्र्योः (mātryóḥ) | मा॒त्रीषु॑ (mātrī́ṣu) |
| vocative | मात्रि॑ (mā́tri) | मात्र्यौ॑ (mā́tryau) मात्री॑¹ (mā́trī¹) |
मात्र्यः॑ (mā́tryaḥ) मात्रीः॑¹ (mā́trīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
- ³Rigvedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मा॒त्रम् (mātrám) | मा॒त्रे (mātré) | मा॒त्राणि॑ (mātrā́ṇi) मा॒त्रा¹ (mātrā́¹) |
| accusative | मा॒त्रम् (mātrám) | मा॒त्रे (mātré) | मा॒त्राणि॑ (mātrā́ṇi) मा॒त्रा¹ (mātrā́¹) |
| instrumental | मा॒त्रेण॑ (mātréṇa) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्रैः (mātráiḥ) मा॒त्रेभिः॑¹ (mātrébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मा॒त्राय॑ (mātrā́ya) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्रेभ्यः॑ (mātrébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मा॒त्रात् (mātrā́t) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्रेभ्यः॑ (mātrébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मा॒त्रस्य॑ (mātrásya) | मा॒त्रयोः॑ (mātráyoḥ) | मा॒त्राणा॑म् (mātrā́ṇām) |
| locative | मा॒त्रे (mātré) | मा॒त्रयोः॑ (mātráyoḥ) | मा॒त्रेषु॑ (mātréṣu) |
| vocative | मात्र॑ (mā́tra) | मात्रे॑ (mā́tre) | मात्रा॑णि (mā́trāṇi) मात्रा॑¹ (mā́trā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
[edit]- अ॒ङ्गु॒लि॒मा॒त्र (aṅgulimātrá)
- अङ्गुष्ठमात्र (aṅguṣṭhamātra)
- अ॒ति॒मा॒त्र (atimātrá)
- अधिमात्र (adhimātra)
- अनुमात्र (anumātra)
- अ॒मा॒त्र (amātrá)
- अ॒र॒त्नि॒मा॒त्र (aratnimātrá)
- अ॒श्व॒श॒फ॒मा॒त्र (aśvaśaphamātrá)
- आपातमात्र (āpātamātra)
- इतिमात्र (itimātra)
- ऊरुमात्र (ūrumātra)
- ऊ॒र्व॒स्थ॒मा॒त्र (ūrvasthamātrá)
- एकमात्र (ekamātra)
- ए॒ता॒व॒न्मा॒त्र (etāvanmātrá)
- किम्मात्र (kimmātra)
- कियन्मात्र (kiyanmātra)
- गजमात्र (gajamātra)
- गतमात्र (gatamātra)
- गि॒रि॒मा॒त्र (girimātrá)
- गोचर्ममात्र (gocarmamātra)
- गोष्पदमात्र (goṣpadamātra)
- चिन्मात्र (cinmātra, “consisting of pure thought”)
- जङ्घामात्र (jaṅghāmātra)
- जातमात्र (jātamātra)
- जा॒नु॒मा॒त्र (jānumātrá)
- तन्मात्र (tanmātra)
- तालमात्र (tālamātra)
- ता॒व॒न्मा॒त्र (tāvanmātrá)
- तु॒वि॒मा॒त्र (tuvimātrá)
- त्रिमात्र (trimātra)
- दष्टमात्र (daṣṭamātra)
- दृष्टमात्र (dṛṣṭamātra)
- द्वादशमात्र (dvādaśamātra)
- द्विमात्र (dvimātra)
- धर्ममात्र (dharmamātra)
- ध्यातमात्र (dhyātamātra)
- नाभिमात्र (nābhimātra)
- नाममात्र (nāmamātra)
- निर्वृत्तमात्र (nirvṛttamātra)
- प॒रोमा॑त्र (parómātra)
- पादमात्र (pādamātra)
- पिप्पलमात्र (pippalamātra)
- पु॒रु॒ष॒मा॒त्र (puruṣamātrá)
- प्रजापतिमात्र (prajāpatimātra)
- प्रतिष्ठितमात्र (pratiṣṭhitamātra)
- प्राणयात्रिकमात्र (prāṇayātrikamātra)
- मनुष्यमात्र (manuṣyamātra)
- महामात्र (mahāmātra)
- मुखमात्र (mukhamātra)
- यन्मात्र (yanmātra)
- यवमात्र (yavamātra)
- या॒व॒न्मा॒त्र (yāvanmātrá)
- रथाक्षमात्र (rathākṣamātra)
- राजमात्र (rājamātra)
- वल्मीकमात्र (valmīkamātra)
- व्याममात्र (vyāmamātra)
- श॒म्या॒मा॒त्र (śamyāmātrá)
- शशमात्र (śaśamātra)
- षण्मात्र (ṣaṇmātra)
- सन्मात्र (sanmātra)
- सममात्र (samamātra)
- सार्धमात्र (sārdhamātra)
- स्पृष्टमात्र (spṛṣṭamātra)
- स्मृतमात्र (smṛtamātra)
- हस्तमात्र (hastamātra)
- हस्तिमात्र (hastimātra)
Descendants
[edit]- → Bengali: মাত্র (matro)
- → Hindi: मात्र (mātra)
- → Kannada: ಮಾತ್ರ (mātra)
- → Malayalam: മാത്രം (mātraṁ)
- → Marathi: मात्र (mātra)
- → Tamil: மாத்திரம் (māttiram)
- → Telugu: మాత్రం (mātraṁ)
Noun
[edit]मा॒त्र • (mātrá) stem, n
- (at the end of a compound) measure, quantity, sum, size, duration, a measure of any kind
- (at the end of a compound) the full or simple measure of anything, the whole or totality, the one thing and no more, often = nothing but, entirely, only
- an element, elementary matter (BhP.)
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मा॒त्रम् (mātrám) | मा॒त्रे (mātré) | मा॒त्राणि॑ (mātrā́ṇi) मा॒त्रा¹ (mātrā́¹) |
| accusative | मा॒त्रम् (mātrám) | मा॒त्रे (mātré) | मा॒त्राणि॑ (mātrā́ṇi) मा॒त्रा¹ (mātrā́¹) |
| instrumental | मा॒त्रेण॑ (mātréṇa) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्रैः (mātráiḥ) मा॒त्रेभिः॑¹ (mātrébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मा॒त्राय॑ (mātrā́ya) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्रेभ्यः॑ (mātrébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मा॒त्रात् (mātrā́t) | मा॒त्राभ्या॑म् (mātrā́bhyām) | मा॒त्रेभ्यः॑ (mātrébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मा॒त्रस्य॑ (mātrásya) | मा॒त्रयोः॑ (mātráyoḥ) | मा॒त्राणा॑म् (mātrā́ṇām) |
| locative | मा॒त्रे (mātré) | मा॒त्रयोः॑ (mātráyoḥ) | मा॒त्रेषु॑ (mātréṣu) |
| vocative | मात्र॑ (mā́tra) | मात्रे॑ (mā́tre) | मात्रा॑णि (mā́trāṇi) मात्रा॑¹ (mā́trā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
[edit]- अक्षमात्र (akṣamātra)
- अल्पमात्र (alpamātra)
- इ॒षु॒मा॒त्र (iṣumātrá)
- उत्तरमात्र (uttaramātra)
- कथामात्र (kathāmātra)
- किंचिन्मात्र (kiṃcinmātra, “only a little”)
- क्षणमात्र (kṣaṇamātra)
- क्ष॒त्र॒मा॒त्र (kṣatramātrá)
- गुणमात्र (guṇamātra)
- जातिमात्र (jātimātra)
- तन्मात्र (tanmātra)
- दिङ्मात्र (diṅmātra)
- द्रव्यमात्र (dravyamātra)
- धर्ममात्र (dharmamātra)
- ध्यानमात्र (dhyānamātra)
- नाममात्र (nāmamātra)
- निमित्तमात्र (nimittamātra)
- निमेषमात्र (nimeṣamātra)
- पादमात्र (pādamātra)
- पृ॒थ॒मा॒त्र (pṛthamātrá)
- प्रा॒दे॒श॒मा॒त्र (prādeśamātrá)
- बलिमात्र (balimātra)
- बा॒हु॒मा॒त्र (bāhumātrá)
- बिल्वमात्र (bilvamātra)
- बीजमात्र (bījamātra)
- बीजशेषमात्र (bījaśeṣamātra)
- भूतमात्र (bhūtamātra)
- भूयोमात्र (bhūyomātra)
- मानमात्र (mānamātra)
- मूर्तमात्र (mūrtamātra)
- याममात्र (yāmamātra)
- युगमात्र (yugamātra)
- रसमात्र (rasamātra)
- रूपमात्र (rūpamātra)
- लघुमात्र (laghumātra)
- लिङ्गमात्र (liṅgamātra)
- वचनमात्र (vacanamātra)
- वर्णमात्र (varṇamātra)
- वर्षमात्र (varṣamātra)
- वस्तुमात्र (vastumātra)
- वाङ्मात्र (vāṅmātra)
- वार्त्तामात्र (vārttāmātra)
- वा॒ल॒मा॒त्र (vālamātrá)
- शब्दमात्र (śabdamātra)
- शरीरमात्र (śarīramātra)
- श्रुतमात्र (śrutamātra)
- श्लोकमात्र (ślokamātra)
- संक्षेपमात्र (saṃkṣepamātra)
- संख्यामात्र (saṃkhyāmātra)
- सत्तामात्र (sattāmātra)
- समाधानमात्र (samādhānamātra)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “मात्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 804, columns 2-3.
- Wackernagel, Jakob; Albert Debrunner (1896-1964), Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)[1] (in German), Vol. II.2: Die Nominalsuffixe, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1954, section 618, page 772
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), “mā́trā”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 621: “-mātra-”
Further reading
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mā́trā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 576
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “mātra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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