Tadzhik

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

noun

Tajik.

Definition for tadzhik (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.

British Dictionary definitions for tadzhik (1 of 2)

Tadzhik

Tadjik

/ (ˈtɑːdʒɪk, tɑːˈdʒiːk) /

noun plural -dzhik or -djik

variant spellings of Tajik

British Dictionary definitions for tadzhik (2 of 2)

Tajik
/ (ˈtɑːdʒɪk, tɑːˈdʒiːk) /

noun plural -jik

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