ˈmä.trə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Sanskrit mātrā, literally, measure, from māti he measures — more at measure
: a unit of metrical quantity equal to a short vowel in Sanskrit and other Indian languages
ˈmä.trə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Sanskrit mātrā, literally, measure, from māti he measures — more at measure
: a unit of metrical quantity equal to a short vowel in Sanskrit and other Indian languages
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012