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  Kalash or Kalasha may refer to:
  • A people of northern Pakistan
    Pakistan

    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
    , the Kalash
    Kalash

    Kalash or Kalasha may refer to:*A people of northern Pakistan, the Kalash**their language, Kalasha-mun language*A people of Nuristan in Afghanistan, the Nuristani people...
    • their language, Kalasha-mun
      Kalasha-mun language

      Kalash or Kalasha is an Indo-European languages in the Indo-Iranian languages branch, further classified as a Dardic languages language in the Chitral Group....
  • A people of Nuristan in Afghanistan
    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
    , the Kalasha of Nuristan
    • their language, Kalasha-ala
      Kalasha-ala language

      Waigali or Waigeli is a language spoken by the Kalasha of Nuristan in a few villages in the central part of the Kunar Province of Afghanistan....
  • Kalasha
    Kalasha

    Kalasha, also spelled as Kalash , is a metal pot with a large base and small mouth, large enough to hold a coconut. Sometimes "Kalasha" also refers to such a pot filled with water and topped with a coronet of mango leaves and a coconut....
     (kalasa), the Sanskrit for "pitcher, jar", is a Hindu
    Hinduism

    'Hinduism' is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as , a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal dharma", by its practitioners....
     and Jain symbol.
  • Kalasha is a Hindu unit of measurement
    Hindu units of measurement

    Hinduism?s understanding of time is as grandiose as time itself. While most cultures base their cosmologies on familiar units such as few hundreds or thousands of years, the Hindu concept of time embraces billions and trillions of years....
    .
  • "Kalash", a shortened version of "Kalashnikov
    AK-47

    The AK-47 is a 7.62x39mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in two versions: the fixed stock AK-47 and the AKS-47 variant equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock....
    ", used as a boy's name in some African countries.


Distinguish from

  • Mount Kailash
    Kailash

    Kailash may refer to:*Kailash is the name of a sacred mountain: see Mount Kailash, considered by Hindus to be the home of Lord Shiva. It is a peak in the Gangdis? mountains in Tibet....
  • Kalach
    Kalach

    Kalach may refer to:*Kalach or kolach, a traditional Slavic bread*Kolache, a type of pastry consisting of fillings ranging from fruits to cheeses inside a bread roll...