different between jalap vs alap

English

Etymology 1

From the city of Xalapa in Mexico.

Alternative forms

• jallap (obsolete)
• jalop

Noun

jalap (uncountable)

1. A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico.

Derived terms

• Tampico jalap (from Ipomoea simulans)
• Vera Cruz jalap (Ipomoea purga)
• false jalap (Mirabilis jalapa}

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of jalapeño.

Noun

jalap (plural jalaps)

1. (informal) A jalapeño.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:jalap.

English

Alternative forms

• alaap
• alapa

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ????? (?l?p?).

Noun

alap (plural alaps)

1. (music) The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:

     The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.

Anagrams

• lapa, pa'al, pala

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??l?p]
• Hyphenation: alap
• Rhymes: -?p

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 értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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 2021)