Tajik
English
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 طَيِّء (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): /ˈtɑːdʒɪk/, /tæˈdʒiːk/
Translations
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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
- Ethnologue entry for Tajik, tg
Adjective
Tajik (not comparable)
- 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 Tajiki dialect
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Usage notes
Refers to ethnicity, not nationality. Compare Tajikistani (“inhabitant of nation of Tajikistan; pertaining to Tajikistan”).
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