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.

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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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