Kishlak or qishlaq ( uz, qishloq, tk, gyşlag, tr, kışlak, az, qışlaq, fa, قشلاق), or qıştaq ( ky, кыштак) qıstaw ( kz, қыстау) is a

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

of semi-

nomad A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the po ...

Turkic peoples The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.. "Turkic peoples, any of various peoples whose members speak languages belonging t ...

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...

and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

. The meaning of the term is "wintering place" in

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia ( Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic l ...

(derives from Turkic ''qış'' - winter)."Kishlak"
''Encyclopedia of Central Asia'' Traditionally, a clay/mud fence (''dewal'', ''duval'', from

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: دیوار
divār
') surrounds a kishlak. The term may be seen in the

toponym Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...

s, such as Afgan-Kishlak (Uzbekistan), Yangi-Kishlak (Turkmenistan), Qışlaq (Azerbaijan) or Qeshlaq in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

(such as Qeshlaq, Qareh Qeshlaq, and

Qeshlaq Khas Qeshlaq Khas is a village in Badghis Province in north western Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads o ...

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Новый Кишлак.JPG, Kishlak in Djizak region of Uzbekistan Горный кишлак (Таджикистан) 03.JPG, Mountain village in Tajikistan Sap village.jpg, Sap village in Navoi region of Uzbekistan Поселок Бобосурхон, Таджикистан.jpg, The village of Bobosurkhon in the Gissar district of Tajikistan Нилу.jpg, Kishlak Nilu in Gissar district of Tajikistan Шохон.jpg, Shohon village in the Gissar district of Tajikistan Kishlak in Miranqul mountains.jpg, Mirankul kishlak in the Samarkand region of Uzbekistan Элок-10.05.2015.jpg, Elok village in Faizabad district of Tajikistan

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Types of village Turkish words and phrases Geography of Central Asia Rural geography {{CAsia-stub

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