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kalasha

kalasha 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.

Noun (1)

kalasha (plural kalashas)

  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.

Noun (2) capitalized: Kalasha

Kalasha pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of Kalash (“people”)
    Synonyms:
    Kalash

Proper noun capitalized: Kalasha

Kalasha

  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.

kalasha meaning in Hindi, Marathi and Nepali

kalasha in Hindi

kalasha
कलश kalaś

kalasha in Marathi

kalasha
कळशी kaḷśī

kalasha in Nepali

a kalasha
कलश kalaś

Synonyms of kalasha

Forms of kalasha

pluralkalashas
alternative formkalasa
alternative formkalash
alternative formKalasha-mun
alternative formKalashmondr
alternative formKalashamon
alternative formKalashi

Origin of kalasha

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

Questions about kalasha

What does kalasha mean?
Kalasha means 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.
What is kalasha in Hindi?
Kalasha in Hindi is कलश (kalaś). See Kalasha meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kalasha?
Kalasha can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kalasha?
The plural of kalasha is kalashas.

Words near kalasha in the dictionary

  1. kalasa
  2. Kalasan
  3. kalasas
  4. Kalases
  5. kalash
  6. kalasha
  7. Kalasha-ala
  8. Kalasha-mun
  9. Kalashamon
  10. kalashas
  11. kalashes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kalasha (page history and authors); Kalasha (page history and authors); कलश (Hindi) (page history and authors); कळशी (Marathi) (page history and authors); कलश (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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