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qishlaq

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
qish-laq
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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).

Inflected Forms

qishlaqs (plural) kishlak (alternative) gishlag (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

yaylaq

Questions

What does qishlaq mean?
A rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.
Where does qishlaq come from?
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).

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