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All senses are outdated in literary use and belong to the 19th century but this word is still used in names of specific objects.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)
- barracks
- 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.
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- (Egypt, 19th century) hospital, hospice
- قَشْلَةُ الصَدَقَةِ ― qašlatu ṣ-ṣadaqati ― “Hospital of Charity”, an almshouse in 19th century Alexandria
- Synonym: تَكِيَّة (takiyya)
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))
- barracks