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alaap

alaap is the alternative form of alap.

Meaning of alap

Noun

alap (plural alaps)

  1. The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
    • The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 176

Forms of alaap

pluralalaaps

Questions about alaap

What is alaap the alternative form of?
Alaap is the alternative form of alap.

Words near alaap in the dictionary

  1. ala mode
  2. ala spuria
  3. Ala.
  4. Alaafin
  5. Alaafins
  6. alaap
  7. alaaps
  8. alaas
  9. alaases
  10. Alaba-K'abeena
  11. alabado

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