qishlaq
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from a Turkic source. Cognates include Turkish kışlak, Azerbaijani qışlaq, and Yakut кыстык (kıstık).
Noun
qishlaq (plural qishlaqs)
- A rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.
Translations
a rural settlement of nomadic people
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