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Ta·jik

also Ta·dzhik (tä-jĭk′, tə-)

n. pl. Tajik or Ta·jiks also Tadzhik or Ta·dzhiks

a. A native or inhabitant of Tajikistan.

b. A member of a people inhabiting Tajikistan and neighboring areas in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and China.

2. The Iranian language of the Tajik, closely related to Persian.

Ta·jik′, Ta·dzhik′ adj.

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Tajik

(ˈtɑːdʒɪk; tɑːˈdʒiːk)

n, pl -jik

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

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Ta•jik

or Ta•dzhik

(tɑˈdʒɪk, -ˈdʒik)

n., pl. -jiks or -dzhiks, (esp. collectively) -jik or -dzhik.

1. a member of a people of Central Asia, living mainly in Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, and N Afghanistan.

2. the form of Persian spoken by the Tajiks.

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Noun	1.	Tajik - a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China Tadzhik Republic of Tajikistan, Tadjik, Tadzhikistan, Tajikistan, Tajik, Tadzhik - a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia
	2.	Tajik - a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet Republic of Tajikistan, Tadjik, Tadzhikistan, Tajikistan, Tadzhik CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 capital of Tajikistan, Dusanbe, Dushanbe, Dyushambe, Stalinabad - the capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991 Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations Communism Peak, Mount Communism, Mount Garmo, Stalin Peak - the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains; near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (24,590 feet high) Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs - a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China Tadzhik, Tajik - a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
	3.	Tajik - an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China Tadzhik ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
	4.	Tajik - the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan Tajiki, Tadzhik Iranian language, Iranian - the modern Persian language spoken in Iran

Translations

Tadschikisch Tadschike Tadschikin

tayik tayiko

tadjik

tadžičkitadžički jezikTadžikTadžikinjaTadžikistanac

tagico

tadžikų kalba

Tadzjieks

таджикский таджичка таджик

tadzjikiska

Tacikçe

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