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qishlaq

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

Noun

qishlaq (plural qishlaqs)

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

qishlaq meaning in Persian

qishlaq in Persian

a rural settlement of nomadic people
قشلاق qešlâq

Forms of qishlaq

pluralqishlaqs
alternative formkishlak
alternative formgishlag

Origin of qishlaq

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).

Questions about qishlaq

What does qishlaq mean?
Qishlaq means a rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.
What is qishlaq in Persian?
Qishlaq in Persian is قشلاق (qešlâq). See Qishlaq meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is qishlaq?
Qishlaq is a noun.
What is the plural of qishlaq?
The plural of qishlaq is qishlaqs.

Words near qishlaq in the dictionary

  1. qirsh
  2. qirshes
  3. qis
  4. qisas
  5. Qishan
  6. qishlaq
  7. qishlaqs
  8. Qishon
  9. qishta
  10. qisms
  11. Qitaihe

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