الاپ

अलाप alāp, = S آلاپ आलाप ālāp, (rt. लप् ), s.m. Association, intercourse; speaking, conversation, discourse; enumeration of the questions in an arithmetical or algebraic sum;—s.f. Modulation, or raising of the voice in singing, tuning up; prelude to a song:—ālāp-ćārī, s.f. Tuning the voice preparatory to singing.