Tajik

Tajik

English

Alternative forms

• Tadzhik

Etymology

From Persian تاجیک‎ (tâjik, “non-Turk (of Central Asia)”) (akin to تازی‎ (tâzi), تازیک‎ (tâzik)), (ultimately) from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “Arab”), (ultimately) from Arabic طَيِّئ‎ (ṭayyiʾ, “name of an Arab clan”).

Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тоҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Arabic تَاج‎ (tāj), from Persian تاج‎ (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk/, /tæˈd͡ʒiːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

Tajik (plural Tajiks)

1. A person from Tajikistan or of Tajik descent.

Translations

person

Albanian: taxhik m Arabic: طَاجِيكِيّ‎ m (ṭājīkiyy), طَاجِيكِيَّة‎ f (ṭājīkiyya) Armenian: տաջիկ (taǰik) Azerbaijani: tacik Belarusian: таджы́к m (tadžýk), таджы́чка f (tadžýčka) Bengali: তাজিক (tajik) Bulgarian: таджи́к m (tadžík) Catalan: tadjik m or f Chinese: Dungan: таҗик (tažik) Mandarin: 塔吉克人 (zh) (tǎjíkèrén) Czech: Tádžik (cs) m, Tádžička (cs) f Danish: tadsjiker c Dutch: Tadzjiek (nl) m, Tadzjiekse (nl) f Esperanto: taĝiko Estonian: tadžikk Finnish: tadžikki (fi) French: Tadjik (fr) m, Tadjike (fr) f Georgian: ტაჯიკი (ṭaǯiḳi) German: Tadschike (de) m, Tadschikin (de) f Hindi: ताजिक (hi) m (tājik) Hungarian: tádzsik (hu) Irish: Táidsíceastánach m Italian: tagiko m, tagika f Japanese: タジク人 (tajikujin) Kazakh: тәжік (täjık) Korean: 타지크 사람 (tajikeu saram), 타지크인 (tajikeu'in) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: تاجیک‎ (ku) (tacîk) Northern Kurdish: tacik (ku) Kyrgyz: тажик (tajik) Latvian: tadžiks m, tadžikiete f Lithuanian: tadžikas (lt) m, tadžikė (lt) f Macedonian: Таџик m (Tadžik) Mongolian: тажик хүн (tažik xün) Norwegian: Bokmål: tadsjiker m Nynorsk: tadsjikar (nn) m Ossetian: таджикаг (taǵikag) Pashto: تاجک‎ (ps) m (tāǰᶕk) Persian: تاجیک‎ (fa) (tâjik) Polish: Tadżyk (pl) m, Tadżyjka (pl) f, Tadżyczka (pl) f Portuguese: tadjique (pt) Romanian: tadjic (ro) m, tadjică (ro) f Russian: таджи́к (ru) m (tadžík), таджи́чка (ru) f (tadžíčka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Таџик m, Таџикиња f, Таџикистанац m, Таџикистанка f Roman: Tadžik (sh) m, Tadžikinja f, Tadžikistanac m, Tadžikistanka f Slovak: Tadžik m, Tadžička f Slovene: Tadžik m Spanish: tayiko (es) m Swedish: tadzjik (sv) c Tajik: тоҷик (tg) (tojik) Tatar: таҗик (tt) (tacik) Turkish: Tacik (tr), Tacikistanlı Turkmen: täjik Ukrainian: таджи́к m (tadžýk), таджи́чка f (tadžýčka) Urdu: تاجک‎ m (tājik) Uyghur: تاجىك‎ (tajik) Uzbek: tojik (uz) Vietnamese: người Tát-gích

Proper noun

Tajik

1. The Persian dialect spoken in Tajikistan.

Translations

language

Arabic: طَاجِيكِيّ‎ m (ṭājīkiyy) Armenian: տաջիկերեն (hy) (taǰikeren) Bengali: please add this translation if you can Breton: tadjikeg Bulgarian: таджикски m (tadžikski) Catalan: tadjik m Chinese: Mandarin: 塔吉克語／塔吉克语 (tǎjíkèyǔ) Danish: tadsjikisk c Dutch: Tadzjieks (nl) n Esperanto: Taĝika lingvo Estonian: tadžiki keel Finnish: tadžikki (fi), tadžikin kieli French: tadjik (fr) m Georgian: ტაჯიკური ენა (ṭaǯiḳuri ena) German: Tadschikisch (de) n Hungarian: tádzsik (hu) Indonesian: bahasa Tajik Irish: Taidsícis f Italian: tagico (it) m Japanese: タジク語 (ja) (tajikugo) Korean: 타지크어 (ko) (tajikeueo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can Kyrgyz: тажикче (tajikçe) Latvian: tadžiku valoda f, tadžiku Lithuanian: tadžikų kalba (lt) f Navajo: Tʼajiʼ bizaad Norwegian: tadsjikisk språk Bokmål: tadsjikisk (no) m Nynorsk: tadsjikisk (nn) m Ossetian: таджикаг (taǵikag) Persian: زبان تاجیکی‎ (zabân-e tâjiki), تاجیکی‎ (fa) (tâjiki), فارسی تاجیکی‎ (fârsi-ye tâjiki) Polish: tadżycki (pl) m Portuguese: tadjique (pt) Romanian: tadjică (ro) f Russian: таджи́кский (ru) m (tadžíkskij) (язы́к) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: таџички m Roman: tadžički (sh) m Spanish: tayiko (es) m Swahili: Kitajiki Swedish: tadzjikiska (sv) Tajik: тоҷикӣ (tg) (tojikī), забони тоҷикӣ (tg) (zaboni tojikī) Thai: ภาษาทาจิก Turkish: Tacikçe (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tajik terms
• Appendix:Tajik Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Tajik
• Wikipedia article on the Tajiki-Persian language

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code tg, ISO 639-3 code tgk (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Tajik, tgk ⁠

Adjective

Tajik (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan, the Tajik people (living in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) or the Tajiki dialect of Persian.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan, the Tajik people or the Tajik language

Albanian: taxhik Arabic: طَاجِيكِيّ‎ (ṭājīkiyy) Armenian: տաջիկական (hy) (taǰikakan) Azerbaijani: tacik Belarusian: таджы́кскі (tadžýkski), таджы́цкі (tadžýcki) Bengali: তাজিক (tajik) Bulgarian: таджи́кски (tadžíkski) Catalan: tadjik m or f Chinese: Dungan: таҗик (tažik) Mandarin: 塔吉克的 (zh) (Tǎjíkè de) Czech: tádžický (cs) Danish: tadsjikisk Dutch: Tadzjieks (nl) Esperanto: taĝika (eo) Estonian: tadžiki Finnish: tadžikkilainen French: tadjik (fr) Georgian: ტაჯიკური (ṭaǯiḳuri) German: tadschikisch (de) Greek: τατζίκ (el) (tatzík) Hebrew: טג׳יקי‎ (tajikí) Hindi: ताजिकी (tājikī), ताजिक (hi) (tājik) Hungarian: tádzsik (hu) Irish: Táidsíceastánach Italian: tagiko Japanese: タジク (tajiku) Kazakh: тәжік (täjık) Korean: 타지크 (tajikeu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Tacîkî Kyrgyz: тажик (tajik) Latvian: tadžiku, tadžikisks Lithuanian: tadžikiškas, tadžikų (lt) Macedonian: таџички (tadžički) Mongolian: тажик (tažik) Norwegian: Bokmål: tadsjikisk (no) Nynorsk: tadsjikisk (nn) Pashto: تاجکي‎ (ps) (tājǝkí) Persian: تاجیک‎ (fa) (tâjik), تاجیکی‎ (fa) (tâjiki) Polish: tadżycki (pl) Portuguese: tadjique (pt) Romanian: tadjic (ro) Russian: таджи́кский (ru) (tadžíkskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: таџикистански m, таџички m Roman: tadžikistanski (sh) m, tadžički (sh) m Slovak: tadžický Spanish: tayiko (es) Tajik: тоҷикӣ (tg) (tojikī) Tatar: таҗик (tt) (tacik) Thai: ทาจิก, ทาจิกิสถาน (th) (taa-jì-gís-tǎan) (of Tajikistan) Turkish: Tacik (tr) Turkmen: täjik Ukrainian: таджи́цький (tadžýcʹkyj) Urdu: تاجک‎ (tājik) Uyghur: تاجىك‎ (tajik) Uzbek: tojik (uz) Vietnamese: Tát-gích

Usage notes

Refers to ethnicity, not nationality. Compare Tajikistani (“inhabitant of nation of Tajikistan; pertaining to Tajikistan”).

Anagrams

• Kitja