Tajik

== English == === Alternative forms === Tadjik Tadzhik (via Russian, obsolete) Taujik (obsolete) === Etymology === From Classical Persian تاجیک (tājīk, “non-Turk (of Central Asia)”) (akin to تازی (tāzī), تازیک (tāzīk)), (ultimately) from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “Arab”), (ultimately) from Arabic طَيِّئ (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). See Tayy. 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) A member of the Persian-speaking people living mainly in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. ==== Usage notes ==== Refers to ethnicity, not nationality. Compare Tajikistani (“native or inhabitant of Tajikistan”). ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Tajik (not comparable) Of or pertaining to the Tajiks. Synonym: Tajiki Of or relating to Tajiki Persian. Synonym: Tajiki ==== Usage notes ==== The first sense refers to ethnicity, not nationality. Compare Tajikistani (“of or relating to Tajikistan”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Tajik The Persian dialect spoken by Tajiks in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Synonyms: Tajiki, Tajiki Persian, Tajik Persian ==== Usage notes ==== The Tajiks of Afghanistan speak Dari Persian. ==== Translations ==== ==== 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 Tajiki Persian ==== Further reading ==== ISO 639-1 code tg, ISO 639-3 code tgk (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Tajik, tgk ⁠ === Anagrams === Kitja