Etymology

matra

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Today it means: In Indian music, the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala. Full definition →

Sanskrit मात्रा
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromमात्रा“measure, small quantity”
  2. English todaymatra

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

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