Tajik

American  

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

Or Tadjik,

noun

• Tajiks,
  plural
• Tajik
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Tajik
  plural
• Tajiks
  plural

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Example Sentences

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Tajik Tajiks

The first member of the network discovered by Binance’s investigators was the high-value customer, a Tajik man named Sukhrob Oimakhmadov.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

A second man, Afghan national Tajik Mohammed, was given a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to piloting a vessel across the Channel during poor weather conditions in January.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Despite the current trend, Tajik mosaic artist Dzhuraev wants to believe that "the time will come" when mosaics will once again adorn buildings.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Tajik Mohammad, 32, had been piloting an overcrowded dinghy across the English Channel in poor weather conditions on 17 January.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

And, of course, there was Mammy’s hero, Rabbani’s ally, the brooding, charismatic Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of Panjshir.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

Worried by the recruitment of Tajiks into jihadist groups and by the Taliban's return to power in neighbouring Afghanistan, Rakhmon has sought to stamp out radical Islam.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Unlike other Central Asian leaders, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, who has been in power since 1992, has criticised the Taliban and urged them to respect the rights of ethnic Tajiks in Afghanistan.

From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025

Tajik-born singer Manizha Sanghin, who represented Russia at Eurovision in 2021, condemned the "flagrant atrocity" of the Moscow attack, but warned of the "consequences that will descend upon Tajiks and all residents of Central Asia".

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024

He said scores of Tajiks and hundreds of Pakistanis involved in various incidents were also arrested during that period.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023

“No one is perfect. We have all made mistakes—Pukhtuns, Tajiks, and others,” continued Habib.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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