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Tajik

//ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to the Tajiks. not-comparable
"A yurt houses a Tajik family along the Karakal Lake."
2
Of or relating to Tajiki Persian. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1
The Persian dialect spoken by Tajiks in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Noun

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
the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan wordnet
3
an ethnic group (mostly Muslim) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China wordnet
4
a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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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