Tajik

Ta·jik also Ta·dzhik  (tä-jk, t-)

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

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

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

adj.

Of or relating to the Tajik people or their language or culture.

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Tajik [ˈtɑːdʒɪk tɑːˈdʒiːk]

n pl -jik

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

Thesaurus

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