English
matra
Matra comes from Sanskrit मात्रा ‘measure, small quantity’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁-‘to measure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁treh₂reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमात्राmātrā‘measure, small quantity’
- Englishtodaymatra
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁-‘to measure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁treh₂reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमात्राmātrā‘measure, small quantity’
- Englishtodaymatra
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’
month, moon, measure, meal, moral, meter, sunny, dimensional, dimension, immense, meta, moody, metric, mesa, metre, menstrual, asymmetry, mensa, commensurate, mete, metis, madder, metrology, menses, moodiness, firman, metra, 63 more
Today it means
noun In Indian music, the smallest rhythmic unit of a tala.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- / matra