Kalash or Kalasha may refer to:

Peoples and languages

Kalash people The Kalash (), or Kalasha, are a small Indo-Aryan indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The term is also used to refer to several distinct Nuristani speaking people, including th ...

, or Kalasha, an ethnic group of Chitral, Pakistan *

Kalasha language Kalasha (, locally: ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Kalash people, in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. There are an estimated 7,466 speakers of Kalasha according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan. It i ...

, also known as Kalasha-mun, a language of Chitral, Pakistan *

Kalasha-ala Nuristani Kalasha ('), also known as ''Waigali'', is a Nuristani language spoken by about 10,000 people in the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan. The native name is ''Kalaṣa-alâ'' 'Kalasha-language'. "Waigali" refers to the dialect of the V� ...

, a language of Nuristan, Afghanistan

People with the name

Kavi Kalash Kavi Kalash was a poet, close friend, and helper to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj of the Maratha Empire who reigned from 1680 to 1689. He was portrayed by Vineet Kumar Singh in the 2025 Hindi film ''Chhaava''. Early life Born in Unnao distri ...

, a Royal Poet and Confidant of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj *

Kalash (rapper) Kévin Valleray (born 12 June 1988), known by his stage name Kalash, is a Martinique, Martinican rapper and singer mixing trap music and Caribbean influences. Kalash is a reference to the Russian Kalashnikov rifle. He is also famous for his co ...

(Kévin Valleray, born 1988), a French rapper *

Kalash Criminel Amira Kiziamina, known better by his stage name Kalash Criminel, is a French rapper. He was born with the melanin deficient condition albinism, and is usually seen wearing a balaclava. When his musical activities began, he had to hide his face a ...

(Amira Kiziamina, born 1995), a French rapper from the Democratic Republic of Congo *

Kalash l'Afro Kalash l'Afro (born in Berre-l'Étang, Bouches-du-Rhône in 1979) is a French rapper of Tunisian origin. Part of Berreta Born to Tunisian parents who had immigrated to France, he started releasing his materials through tapes starting 1997, in ...

(born 1979), a French rapper of Tunisian origin

Places

Kalasha Valleys The Kalasha Valleys ( Kalasha-mondr: '; ) are valleys in Chitral District in northern Pakistan. The valleys are surrounded by the Hindu Kush mountain range. The inhabitants of the valley are the Kalash people, who have a unique culture, language a ...

, in Chitral District, Pakistan *

Kalash, Iran Kalash (, also Romanized as Kalāsh; also known as Kalās, Keyālāsh, Kialāsh, and Kūlash) is a village in Chelleh Khaneh Rural District, Sufian District, Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Isla ...

, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Kalash-e Bozorg, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran

Other uses

Kalasha A kalasha, also called Pūrṇa-Kalaśa, Pūrṇa-Kumbha, Pūrṇa-Ghaṭa, also called ghat or ghot or kumbh ( , Telugu: కలశము Kannada: ಕಳಶ literally "pitcher, pot"), is a metal (brass, copper, silver or gold) pot with a large ...

, or kalash, a pot used in Hindu rituals *

Kalasha (finial) A ''kalasha'' () is a finial, generally in the form of metal or stone spire, used to top the domes of Hindu temples. Kalashas as architectural feature has been used at least before the first millennium BCE and were made of terracotta and wo ...

, the finial of Hindu temples *

Kalash (footwear) A kalash' or galesh () is a traditional footwear of Iran. Unlike most galoshes, the "galesh" are always handwoven and with specific fabrics. It is what people in Persia used to wear before the proliferation of the modern shoe, especially in the ...

* ''Kalash'' (TV series), an Indian soap opera 2001–2003 **''

Kalash - Ek Vishwaas Kalash or Kalasha may refer to: Peoples and languages *Kalash people, or Kalasha, an ethnic group of Chitral, Pakistan *Kalasha-mun, a language of Chitral, Pakistan * Kalasha-ala, a language of Nuristan, Afghanistan People with the name * Kavi K ...

'', an Indian soap opera 2015–2017 *

Kalashnikov rifle Kalashnikov rifles (), also known as the AK platform, AK rifles, or simply the AK, are a family of assault rifles based on Mikhail Kalashnikov's original design. They are officially known in Russian as ''avtomat Kalashnikova'' (), and informally ...

, colloquially known as Kalash

Peoples and languages

People with the name

Places

Other uses

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