kishla

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قیشله (kışla).

Noun

kishlá f (Hebrew spelling קישלה)[1]

  1. (military) barracks (a group of buildings used by military personnel as housing)
    • 2002, Lo ke meldavan nuestros padres: artikolos de las gazetas en ladino 1888–1913‎[1], page 192:
      Kuando retornare de la kishla i si mesmo no me toman por asker del todo, yo me kazare kon la vizinika de alado ke eya me ama tanto i es tanto onesta.
      When I return from the barracks, and even if they do not completely take me for a soldier, I shall sleep with the little neighbour of the wing who is so honest and loves me so much.

References

  1. ^ “kishla”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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