page_title: Kishlak
hierarchical_section_title: Kishlak
context_page_description: Kishlak or qishlaq, or qıştaq qıstaw 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.
  Traditionally, a clay/mud fence surrounds a kishlak.
  The term may be seen in the toponyms, such as Afgan-Kishlak, Yangi-Kishlak, Qışlaq or Qeshlaq in Iran.
context_section_description: 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).
  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), Qışlaq (Azerbaijan) or Qeshlaq in Iran (such as Qeshlaq, Qareh Qeshlaq, and Qeshlaq Khas).
caption: A kishlak near Samarkand of early 1900s
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