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alapa

alapa 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 alapa

pluralalapas

Questions about alapa

What is alapa the alternative form of?
Alapa is the alternative form of alap.

Words near alapa in the dictionary

  1. Alaotra grebe
  2. Alaotra grebes
  3. Alaouite
  4. Alaouites
  5. alap
  6. alapa
  7. Alapang
  8. alapas
  9. alaph
  10. alaphosphin
  11. alaphs

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