Where does “Şarkışla” come from?

Şarkışla (Turkish) comes from Turkish kışla, from Ottoman Turkish قیشله — covered shelter or enclosure where flocks of sheep and goats spend the winter or are kept overnight.

Ancestry of “Şarkışla”, step by step

Şarkışla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kışla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkışlacovered shelter or enclosure where flocks of sheep and goats spend the winter or are kept overnight
2Ottoman Turkishقیشلهcovered shelter or enclosure where flocks of sheep and goats spend the winter or are kept overnight

via Turkish şar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishşar
Every word from Ottoman Turkish قیشلهEvery word from Turkish kışla