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Kalasha
Etymology
From Sanskrit अशीर्षान् (aśīrṣān, “headless”). Calque of Khowar ویسورُو (vesóru).
Pronunciation
Noun
áṣiṣa
- widow
References
- L. Trail, Ronald, R. Cooper, Gregory (1999) “áṣiṣa”, in Kalasha Dictionary – with English and Urdu, volume : Volume 7 of Studies in languages of Northern Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan: National Institute of Pakistan Studies & Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN, archived from the original on 16 July 2019, page 34, column 2