Kishlak or qishlaq (, , , , ), or qıştaq () qıstaw () 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 Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the population of nomadic pa ...

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

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

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

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of more than 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 West Asia. The Turkic langua ...

(derives from Turkic ''qış'' - winter)."Kishlak"
, ''Encyclopedia of Central Asia'' The converse term is yaylaq, a summer pasture. 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 ''wikt:toponym, 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 ...

s, such as Afgan-Kishlak (Uzbekistan), Yangi-Kishlak (Turkmenistan),

Mangyshlak Mangyshlak or Mangghyshlaq Peninsula (; ) is a large peninsula located in western Kazakhstan. It borders on the Caspian Sea in the west and with the Buzachi Peninsula, a marshy sub-feature of the main peninsula, in the northeast. The Tyuleniy Ar ...

(Kazakhstan), Qışlaq (Azerbaijan) or Qeshlaq in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

(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, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Paki ...

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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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