قیشله

Ottoman Turkish

قیشله

Alternative forms

• قشله (kışla)

Etymology

A short form of قیشلاق (kışlak, “winter quarters”), from قیشلامق (kışlamak, “to winter”), from قیش (kış, “winter”),

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɯʃɫɑ/

Noun

قیشله • (kışla)

1. barracks
   • 1914 July 21, “ایرلاندا احوالی [Irish situation]”, in Peyam, خارجی خبرلر [Foreign news], page 4:

     بلفاست ضابطه‌سی تقویه ایدلمشدر. عسكرك قشله‌لردن طیشاری چیقمسی منع اولنمشدر.

     Belfast zabitesi takviye edilmiştir. Askeriñ kışlalardan dışarı çıkması men olunmuştur.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Turkish: kışla
• → Arabic: قَشْلَة (qašla) (obsolete)
• → Armenian: խըշլա (xəšla), կըշլա (kəšla)
• → Romanian: câșlă

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kışla”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیشلا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1507