English Explanatory Dictionary

alap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.

Word forms

alap alaps alaap alapa

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आलापा (ālāpā).

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