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 tajik

Anya was living in a Muslim family of ethnic Tajik in a sleepy neighborhood across the town of Kopeisk from her real mother.

Switched at Birth |Anna Nemtsova |October 25, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
In one Tajik province, women outvoted men 58 percent to 41 percent.

Afghanistan's Mystery Winner |Bruce Riedel |August 25, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
This means disrupting the process in Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazari Shia towns and villages, not just in the Pashtun south and east.

Obama's Afghan Test |Bruce Riedel |August 18, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
They are comparatively recent arrivals who displaced the earlier Tajik and Brahui occupants.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5 |Various

There was a certain jealousy between the Kirghiz chief and the Tajik soldier of fortune.

The Life of Yakoob Beg |Demetrius Boulger
As a matter of fact the contrary holds true, and the Tajik is superior to any of his masters in point of mental capacity.

The Life of Yakoob Beg |Demetrius Boulger
The vast majority of the inhabitants of Alty Shahr are of Tajik descent.

The Life of Yakoob Beg |Demetrius Boulger

British Dictionary definitions for tajik

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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Tajik

or Ta·djik, Ta·dzhik

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

Example sentences from the Web for tajik

British Dictionary definitions for tajik

noun plural -jik