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alaps

alaps is the plural 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

Questions about alaps

What is alaps the plural of?
Alaps is the plural of alap.

Words near alaps in the dictionary

  1. Alapin's Opening
  2. alaplasties
  3. alaplasty
  4. Alappuzha
  5. alaproclate
  6. alaps
  7. Alaqagha
  8. alar
  9. alar canal
  10. alar canals
  11. alar foramen

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