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Tajik

Syllabification: (Ta·jik)
Pronunciation: /täˈjik/
(also Tadjik or Tadzhik)
Definition of Tajik

noun

  • 1a member of a mainly Muslim people inhabiting Tajikistan and parts of neighboring countries.
  • a native or inhabitant of the republic of Tajikistan.
  • 2 (also Tajiki /-ˈjikē/) the Iranian language of the Tajiks.

adjective

  • of or relating to Tajikistan, the Tajiks, or their language.

Origin:

from Persian tājik 'a Persian, someone who is neither an Arab nor a Turk'

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