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 tajiki (1 of 2)

Tajiki

Tadzhiki Tajik or Tadzhik

/ (tɑːˈdʒɪkiː, -ˈdʒiː-) /

noun

the language of the Tajik, belonging to the West Iranian subbranch of the Indo-European family

adjective

of or relating to the Tajik or their language

British Dictionary definitions for tajiki (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