Tajik
noun
a member of a people living mainly in Tadzhikistan, as well as parts of Afghanistan and China.
Tajiks
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pluralof Tajik.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The rules, which apply only to ethnic Tajiks, collide with deep-rooted Central Asian traditions, where children's names carry great symbolic importance.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
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
Persians, Parsis, Kurds, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Uzbeks and other cultures celebrate the festival and have their own traditions surrounding it.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
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
On his head, he wore a brown pakol, tilted slightly to one side, like the Tajik hero Ahmad Shah Massoud—referred to by Tajiks as “the Lion of Panjsher.”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
