Kishlak

For another meaning, see Yaylak. For Azerbaijani settlements, see Qışlaq. For settlements in Iran, see Qeshlaq.

Kishlak or qishlaq (Uzbek: qishloq, Turkmen: gyşlag, Turkish: kışlak, Azerbaijani: qışlaq, Persian: قشلاق), or qıştaq (Kyrgyz: кыштак) qıstaw (Kazakh: қыстау) is a rural settlement of semi-nomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia and Azerbaijan. The meaning of the term is "wintering place" in Turkic languages (derives from Turkic qış - winter).

A kishlak near Samarkand of early 1900s

The converse term is yaylaq, a summer pasture.

Traditionally, a clay/mud fence (dewal, duval, from Persian: دیوار divār) surrounds a kishlak.

The term may be seen in the toponyms, such as Afgan-Kishlak (Uzbekistan), Yangi-Kishlak (Turkmenistan), Mangyshlak (Kazakhstan), Qışlaq (Azerbaijan) or Qeshlaq in Iran (such as Qeshlaq, Qareh Qeshlaq, and Qeshlaq Khas).

Gallery

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  Kishlak in Djizak region of Uzbekistan
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  Mountain village in Tajikistan
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  Sap village in Navoi region of Uzbekistan
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  The village of Bobosurkhon in the Gissar district of Tajikistan
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  Kishlak Nilu in Gissar district of Tajikistan
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  Shohon village in the Gissar district of Tajikistan
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  Mirankul kishlak in the Samarkand region of Uzbekistan
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  Elok village in Faizabad district of Tajikistan

See also

• Aul