قشلة

See also: قشله

Arabic

قَشْلَة

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قیشله (kışla, “barracks”).

The sense of a hospital derives as a euphemism employed by soldiers.

All senses are outdated in literary use and belong to the 19^th century but this word is still used in names of specific objects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaʃ.la/

Noun

قَشْلَة • (qašla) f (plural قِشَل (qišal)) (archaic)

1. barracks

   Synonym: ثَكَنَة (ṯakana)

   • 1835, كتاب القوانين الداخلية المتعلق بمشاة عساكر الجهادية, قانون ٣٤٠, page 80:

     ضباط الصف والأنفار الذين بصدد الخروج من القشلة يشرع كل واحد منهم في لبس قيافته المقننة بعد ضرب نوبة الجمعية.

     Field officers and units which are about to leave the barracks are required each one to wear the prescribed apparel after taking up joint guard duty.

2. (Egypt, 19^th century) hospital, hospice

   Synonym: تَكِيَّة (takiyya)

   قَشْلَةُ الصَدَقَةِ ― qašlatu ṣ-ṣadaqati ― “Hospital of Charity”, an almshouse in 19^th century Alexandria

Declension

Declension of noun قَشْلَة (qašla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَشْلَة qašla	الْقَشْلَة al-qašla	قَشْلَة qašlat
Nominative	قَشْلَةٌ qašlatun	الْقَشْلَةُ al-qašlatu	قَشْلَةُ qašlatu
Accusative	قَشْلَةً qašlatan	الْقَشْلَةَ al-qašlata	قَشْلَةَ qašlata
Genitive	قَشْلَةٍ qašlatin	الْقَشْلَةِ al-qašlati	قَشْلَةِ qašlati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَشْلَتَيْن qašlatayn	الْقَشْلَتَيْن al-qašlatayn	قَشْلَتَيْ qašlatay
Nominative	قَشْلَتَانِ qašlatāni	الْقَشْلَتَانِ al-qašlatāni	قَشْلَتَا qašlatā
Accusative	قَشْلَتَيْنِ qašlatayni	الْقَشْلَتَيْنِ al-qašlatayni	قَشْلَتَيْ qašlatay
Genitive	قَشْلَتَيْنِ qašlatayni	الْقَشْلَتَيْنِ al-qašlatayni	قَشْلَتَيْ qašlatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِشَل qišal	الْقِشَل al-qišal	قِشَل qišal
Nominative	قِشَلٌ qišalun	الْقِشَلُ al-qišalu	قِشَلُ qišalu
Accusative	قِشَلًا qišalan	الْقِشَلَ al-qišala	قِشَلَ qišala
Genitive	قِشَلٍ qišalin	الْقِشَلِ al-qišali	قِشَلِ qišali

References

• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 17–19

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَشْلَة (qašla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaʃ.la/

Noun

قشلة • (qašla) f (plural قشلات (qašlāt) or قشالي)

1. barracks