Tadjik

[ tah-jik, -jeek; Russian tuh-jik ]

/ tɑˈdʒɪk, -ˈdʒik; Russian tʌˈdʒɪk /

noun

Tajik.

Definition for tadjik (2 of 2)

Tajik

or Ta·djik, Ta·dzhik

[ tah-jik, -jeek; Russian tuh-jik ]

/ tɑˈdʒɪk, -ˈdʒik; Russian tʌˈdʒɪk /

noun, plural Ta·jiks, (especially collectively) Ta·jik for 1.

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

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.

Example sentences from the Web for tadjik

The latter, he always calls the Sart tili (Sart language), and not the Tadjik tili.

Sketches of Central Asia (1868) |Arminius Vmbry
It is remarkable that the word Tadjik is even found in Western Asia.

Sketches of Central Asia (1868) |Arminius Vmbry
This bears the date of 462 Heg., and we find there the word Tadjik often quoted in opposition to Turk.

Sketches of Central Asia (1868) |Arminius Vmbry
The Sart is distinguishable, not less than the Tadjik, by his crafty, subtle manners.

Travels in Central Asia |Arminius Vmbry

Tadjik and Sart; each of which counts many subdivisions or degrees.

Sketches of Central Asia (1868) |Arminius Vmbry

British Dictionary definitions for tadjik

Tajik

/ (ˈtɑːdʒɪk, tɑːˈdʒiːk) /

noun plural -jik

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

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