KALASHNIKOV Meaning of KALASHNIKOV in English [ kə'laʃnɪkɒf , -'lα:ʃ- ]■ noun a type of rifle or sub-machine gun made in Russia.Origin1970s: named after the Russian designer Mikhail T. ~ . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004