qishlaqEtymologyBorrowed from a Turkic source. Cognates include Turkish kışlık, (colloquial) kışlak, kışla (“barracks”), Azerbaijani qışlaq, Uyghur قىشلاق (qishlaq), Karakhanid قِشْلاغْ (qıšlaɣ), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰃𐰽𐰞𐰍 (qis¹l¹ǧ) and Yakut кыстык (kïstïk).qishlaq means A rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.nounA rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.