মাত্র

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मात्र (mātra, “measure, size, duration”). Doublet of মিটার (miṭar).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mat̪ɾo/, [ˈmat̪ːɾoˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mat̪ɹo/, [ˈmat̪ːɹoˑ]

Adverb

মাত্র • (matro)

1. only, just

   মাত্র তিনজনই এসেছিল।

   matro tinjoni eśechil.

   Only three people came.

   এ মাত্র যে সে ছিল!

   e matro je śe chil!

   He/she was here just now!