Kishlak or qishlaq (Uzbek: qishloq, Turkmen: gyşlag, Turkish: kışlak, Azerbaijani: qışlaq, Persian: قشلاق) is a rural settlement of semi-nomadis Turkic peoples of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan), in Afghanistan, and in other places. The meaning of the term is "wintering place" in Turkic languages (derives from Turkic qış - winter).[1]
Traditionally a clay/mud fence (dewal, duval) 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).