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qishlaq

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic source. Cognates include Turkish kışlık, (colloquial) kışlak, kışla (“barracks”), Azerbaijani qışlaq, Uyghur قىشلاق (qishlaq), Karakhanid قِشْلاغْ (qıšlaɣ), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰃𐰽𐰞𐰍 (qis1l1ǧ) and Yakut кыстык (kïstïk).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: кышту (kïštu) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Southern Altai: кишлак (kišlak) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Armenian: ղշլաղ (ġšlaġ) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Azerbaijani: qışlaq — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Bashkir: ҡышлау (qışlaw) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Belarusian: кішла́к (kišlák) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Dutch: kisjlak — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Estonian: kišlakk — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Finnish: kishlak — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • French: kichlak — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Georgian: ყიშლაღი (q̇išlaɣi) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • German: Kischlak — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Karakalpak: qıshlaw — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Karakalpak: qıshlaq — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Kazakh: қыстау (qystau) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Kazakh: қыстақ (qystaq) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Kyrgyz: кыштак (kıştak) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Kyrgyz: кыштоо (kıştoo) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Persian: قشلاق (qešlâq) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Russian: кишла́к (kišlák) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Tajik: қишлоқ (qišloq) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Tatar: кышлау (qışlaw) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Turkish: kışlak — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Turkmen: gyşlag — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Ukrainian: кишла́к (kyšlák) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Uyghur: قىشلاق (qishlaq) — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Uzbek: qishloq — a rural settlement of nomadic people
  • Yakut: кыстык (kïstïk) — a rural settlement of nomadic people