Tajik

American  

[tah-jik, -jeek, tuh-jik] / tɑˈdʒɪk, -ˈdʒik, tʌˈdʒɪk /

Or Tadjik,

noun

plural

Tajiks,

plural

Tajik

1. a member of a people living mainly in Tadzhikistan, as well as parts of Afghanistan and China.

2. Also Tajiki the Iranian language spoken by the Tajiks, closely related to Persian but in Tadzhikistan written in the Cyrillic alphabet.

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Tajik British  

/ ˈtɑːdʒɪk, tɑːˈdʒiːk /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Saturday that "we have started serious investigations into" the recent "incidents" on Tajik soil.

From Barron's

Uzbek and Tajik men scrambled to finish construction on new stores, restaurants, and apartment buildings before winter set in.

From Salon

Earlier this year I even recommended it to a Tajik high official in Dushanbe as an important forthcoming work that might shed valuable new light on Afghanistan.

From The Wall Street Journal

So the team of Swiss, Japanese, Russian and Tajik scientists turned to the lower Kon Chukurbashi ice cap -- which ultimately proved to be very fruitful.

From Barron's

The scientists were scheduled to review their mission during a news conference in the Tajik capital Dushanbe on Monday.

From Barron's