kalasha

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noun

A metal pot with a large base and small mouth, used in Hindu rites, in which it is filled with water, coins, grain, etc. and topped with a coconut.

“Kalasha is phonologically atypical because it contrasts plain, long, nasal, and retroflex vowels as well as combinations of these.”

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Meanings

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nounkalasha (plural kalashas)

plural kalashas · alternative kalasa · alternative kalash

  1. A metal pot with a large base and small mouth, used in Hindu rites, in which it is filled with water, coins, grain, etc. and topped with a coconut.

Kalasha2

nounKalasha pl (plural only)

alternative Kalasha-mun · alternative Kalashmondr · alternative Kalashamon · alternative Kalashi

  1. pluralplural onlySynonym of Kalash (“people”)

    Synonyms: Kalash

proper noun

alternative Kalasha-mun · alternative Kalashmondr · alternative Kalashamon · alternative Kalashi

  1. The language spoken by the Kalash people, an Indo-European language in the Indo-Aryan branch, further classified as a Dardic language in the Chitral group.

    Kalasha is phonologically atypical because it contrasts plain, long, nasal, and retroflex vowels as well as combinations of these.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Kalash (“people”)

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Origin

  1. Sanskritकलश“pitcher, pot”
  2. Englishkalasha

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa, “pitcher, pot”).

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Translations

Finnish kalaša
  • kalašalanguage
Hindi कलश
  • कलश (kalaś)language
Cite this entry
APA

kalasha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalasha

MLA

“kalasha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalasha. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kalasha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalasha.

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