Tajik

//ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Persian-speaking people living mainly in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

    "“True that it would be preferable that you marry a local, a Tajik, but Rasheed is healthy, and interested in you.”"

  2. 2
    the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan wordnet
  3. 3
    an ethnic group (mostly Muslim) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China wordnet
  4. 4
    a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Tajiks. not-comparable

    "A yurt houses a Tajik family along the Karakal Lake."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to Tajiki Persian. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Persian dialect spoken by Tajiks in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Synonyms

All synonyms
tajikipersiantadzhiktadzhiktadzhik languagetajik language

Example

More examples

"My school has Uighur, Han, Kazakh, Hui, Mongol, Kirghiz, Xibo, Tajik, and Uzbek ethnicities, among others."

Etymology

From Classical Persian تاجیک (tājīk, “non-Turk (of Central Asia)”) (akin to تازی (tāzī), تازیک (tāzīk)), (ultimately) from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “Arab”), (ultimately) from Arabic طَيِّئ (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). See Tayy. Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тоҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Arabic تَاج (tāj), from Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.

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Tajik PersianTaxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County

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