Kalasha

name, noun

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Noun
  1. 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.
  2. 2
    Synonym of Kalash (“people”) plural, plural-only
Proper Noun
  1. 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."

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

Etymology

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

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