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अल्प—प्राण m. m. (in
Gr. ) slight breathing or weak aspiration (the effort in uttering the vowels, the semivowels य्, र्, ल्, व्, the consonants क्, च्, ट्, त्, प्, ग्, ज्, ड्, द्, ब्, and the nasals, is said to be accompanied with slight aspiration, but practically अल्पप्रा-ण is here equivalent to unaspirated, as opposed to महा-प्रा-णq.v. ), [Pāṇ. 1-1, 9] Sch.
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alpaprāṇa m S A common term for the facile or unforced movements of the breath in pronunciation; simple utterance without aspiration: also an unaspirated letter; as क, ग, ङ, च, ज, ञ &c. down to व, in all nineteen. See महाप्राण, प्रयत्न, बाह्यप्रयत्न.
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अल्प—प्राण mfn. mfn. having short breath, not persevering, soon tired, [Suśr.] pronounced with slight breathing, [Kāvyâd.]
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noun ऐसे व्यंजन जिसके उच्चारण में अपेक्षतया कम वायु निकलती है
Ex. व्याकरण में व्यंजन वर्ण के प्रत्येक वर्ग का पहला, तीसरा तथा पाँचवाँ अक्षर और य,र,ल,व अल्पप्राण माने जाते हैं ।
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