Tadschikistan

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈdʒiːkiˌstaːn/, /-kɪsˌtaːn/, (chiefly southern also) /taˈtʃiː-/ The form with /tʃ/ is used by some speakers who do have a phonemic /ʒ/. (Compare Kambodscha, Maharadscha, where the same is caused by the preceding stressed short vowel. This explanation fails here, so it may be a case of assimilation.) === Proper noun === Tadschikistan n (proper noun, genitive Tadschikistans or (optionally with an article) Tadschikistan) Tajikistan (a country in Central Asia)