Tajik

English

Alternative forms

• Tadzhik

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)

1. A person from Tajikistan or of Tajik descent.
   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 48:

     “True that it would be preferable that you marry a local, a Tajik, but Rasheed is healthy, and interested in you.”

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: Tadjik, Tadjikistanner
• 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 (tacîk)

  Northern Kurdish: tacik (ku)

• Kyrgyz: тажик (ky) (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)
• Sarikoli: Tujik, Tujiki
• 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 (uk) 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

• Afrikaans: Tadjiks (af)
• Arabic: طَاجِيكِيّ m (ṭājīkiyy)
• Armenian: տաջիկերեն (hy) (taǰikeren)
• Bengali: তাজিক ভাষা (bn) (tajik bhaśa)
• 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)
• Khmer: ភាសាតាជីក (phiəsaataaciik)
• Korean: 타지크어 (ko) (tajikeueo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• Kyrgyz: тажикче (tajikce)
• 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)
• Sarikoli: Tujiki ziv
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: таџички m

  Roman: tadžički (sh) m

• Shughni: Тоҷик зив (Tōǰik ziv), Тоҷики зив (Tōǰiki ziv)
• Spanish: tayiko (es) m
• Swahili: Kitajiki
• Swedish: tadzjikiska (sv)
• Tajik: тоҷикӣ (tg) (tojikī), забони тоҷикӣ (tg) (zaboni tojikī)
• Thai: ภาษาทาจิก
• Turkish: Tacikçe (tr)
• Yagnobi: Тоҷикӣ зивок (Tojikī zivok)

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

• Afrikaans: Tadjiks (af), Tadjikistans
• 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 (ky) (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