Tajik

or Ta·djik, Ta·dzhik

[ tah-jik, -jeek; Russian tuh-jik ]

noun,plural Ta·jiks, (especially collectively) Ta·jik for 1.
  1. a member of a people living mainly in Tadzhikistan, as well as parts of Afghanistan and China.

  2. Also Ta·ji·ki [tah-ji-kee, tah-jee-]. /ˈtɑ dʒɪ ki, tɑˈdʒi-/. the Iranian language spoken by the Tajiks, closely related to Persian but in Tadzhikistan written in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Words Nearby Tajik

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How to use Tajik in a sentence

  • Anya was living in a Muslim family of ethnic Tajik in a sleepy neighborhood across the town of Kopeisk from her real mother.

    Switched at Birth | Anna Nemtsova | October 25, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • In one Tajik province, women outvoted men 58 percent to 41 percent.

    Afghanistan's Mystery Winner | Bruce Riedel | August 25, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • This means disrupting the process in Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazari Shia towns and villages, not just in the Pashtun south and east.

    Obama's Afghan Test | Bruce Riedel | August 18, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • As a matter of fact the contrary holds true, and the Tajik is superior to any of his masters in point of mental capacity.

    The Life of Yakoob Beg | Demetrius Boulger
  • There was a certain jealousy between the Kirghiz chief and the Tajik soldier of fortune.

    The Life of Yakoob Beg | Demetrius Boulger

British Dictionary definitions for Tajik

Tajik

/ (ˈtɑːdʒɪk, tɑːˈdʒiːk) /


nounplural -jik
  1. a member of a Persian-speaking Muslim people inhabiting Tajikistan and parts of Sinkiang in W China

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