Meanings
nounqishlaq (plural qishlaqs)
plural qishlaqs · alternative kishlak · alternative gishlag
- A rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.
Origin
- Turkic
- Englishqishlaq
Borrowed from a Turkic source. Cognates include Turkish kışlık, (colloquial) kışlak, kışla (“barracks”), Azerbaijani qışlaq, Uyghur قىشلاق (qishlaq), Karakhanid قِشْلاغْ (qıšlaɣ), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰃𐰽𐰞𐰍 (k¹is¹l¹g¹) and Yakut кыстык (kïstïk).
More words from Turkic
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Dutch kisjlak
- kisjlaka rural settlement of nomadic people
Estonian kišlakk
- kišlakka rural settlement of nomadic people
Finnish kishlak
- kishlaka rural settlement of nomadic people
French kichlak
- kichlaka rural settlement of nomadic people
German Kischlak
- Kischlaka rural settlement of nomadic people
Persian قشلاق
- قشلاق (qešlâq)a rural settlement of nomadic people
Russian кишла́к
- кишла́к (kišlák)a rural settlement of nomadic people
Turkish kışlak
- kışlaka rural settlement of nomadic people
Ukrainian кишла́к
- кишла́к (kyšlák)a rural settlement of nomadic people
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APA
qishlaq. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qishlaq
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“qishlaq.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qishlaq. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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