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]
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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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