Kishlak
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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).[1]
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).
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Kishlak in Djizak region of Uzbekistan -
Mountain village in Tajikistan -
Sap village in Navoi region of Uzbekistan -
The village of Bobosurkhon in the Gissar district of Tajikistan -
Kishlak Nilu in Gissar district of Tajikistan -
Shohon village in the Gissar district of Tajikistan -
Mirankul kishlak in the Samarkand region of Uzbekistan -
Elok village in Faizabad district of Tajikistan
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Kishlak" Archived 2012-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Central Asia
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