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4-letter words (2 found)

ALAP,PAAL,

3-letter words (5 found)

AAL,ALA,ALP,LAP,PAL,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AL,LA,PA,

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All 4 letters words made out of alap

alap laap aalp aalp laap alap alpa lapa apla pala lpaa plaa aapl aapl apal paal apal paal lapa alpa lpaa plaa apla pala

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Definitions and meaning of alap

alap

Alternative forms

  • alaap
  • alapa

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आलापा (ālāpā).

Noun

alap (plural alaps)

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

Anagrams

  • Pala, lapa, pa'al, pala

Galo

Noun

alap

  1. wing

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒp]
  • Hyphenation: alap
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

alap (plural alapok)

  1. base, foundation
  2. (figuratively, especially in the forms alapon and alapján) (on a…) basis, (on the) basis (of…), (on the) grounds (of…), (by the) token (of…), (as a) matter (of…), (by) reason (of…), (at a/the/that) rate (that…)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • alap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • alap in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Javanese

Romanization

alap

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦥ꧀

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alap/
  • Rhymes: -alap, -lap, -ap

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *alap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (alap) in inflected form maṅalap (current spelling mengalap).

Verb

alap (Jawi spelling الڤ)

  1. (colloquial, Kedah Malay) to gather a fruit using pole (that attached with knife or hook).
  2. (obsolete) to take.
Derived terms
  • delapan, lapan
  • mengalap
  • alap-alap

Etymology 2

Adjective

alap (Jawi spelling الڤ)

  1. slowly, calmly
  2. (colloquial) quite and gentle.
  3. unhurried
  4. within long intervals

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “الڤ alap”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 17
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “الڤ alap”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 31
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “alap”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 17

Further reading

  • “alap” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”).

Verb

alap

  1. to take
  2. to fetch
  3. to carry off
  4. to steal
  5. to seize
  6. to win

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦭꦥ꧀ (alap)

Further reading

  • "alap" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalap/, [ˈʔa.lɐp]
  • Rhymes: -alap
  • Syllabification: a‧lap

Noun

alap (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜉ᜔)

  1. shift; turn (in a work or assignment)
    Synonyms: turno, halili, halang
  2. selective cutting or harvesting (of grass, rice, corn, fruits, etc.)
    Synonym: gamas
  3. recruitment (of laborers)
    Synonym: kalap
  4. enlistment (into the army or navy)
    Synonym: kalap
  5. scum
    Synonyms: eskoma, linab
  6. act of scooping out the scum (on the liquid surface)
    Synonyms: sagap, salap

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “alap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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