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Etymology edit

Possibly related to تازیک (tâzik), a re-borrowing from Old Turkic.

According to W. Henning, from *Tāt-čīk, originally *Tād-čīk.

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

See Fragner for more discussion.

Pronunciation edit

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Readings
Classical reading? tājik
Dari reading? tājik
Iranian reading? tâjik
Tajik reading? tojik

Noun edit

Dari تاجک, تاجیک
Iranian Persian تاجیک
Tajik тоҷик

تاجیک (tâjik) (plural تاجیک‌ها (tâjik-hâ) or تاجیکان (tâjikân))

  1. Tajik , Persian
    تاجیک‌ها قومی آریایی هستند.
    Tâjik-hâ qowmi âryâyi hastand.
    The Tajiks are an Aryan people.
  2. (dated) non-Turk

Inflection edit

    Basic forms of تاجیک (Tâjik)
singular plural
bare تاجیک
(Tâjik)
تاجیک‌ها
(Tâjik-hấ)
تاجیکا
(Tâjikấ)
definitive direct object تاجیک را
(Tâjik râ)
تاجیک رو
(Tâjiko)
تاجیک‌ها را
(Tâjik-hấ râ)
تاجیکا رو
(Tâjikấ ro)
ezâfe تاجیک
(Tâjik-e)
تاجیک‌های
(Tâjik-hấ-ye)
تاجیکای
(Tâjikấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
تاجیکی
(Tâjik-i)
تاجیک‌هایی
(Tâjikấn-i, Tâjik-hấ-i)
تاجیکایی
(Tâjikấi)
Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of تاجیک (tâjik)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
تاجیکم
(tâjikam)
تاجیکیم
(tâjikim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
تاجیکی
(tâjiki)
تاجیکید
(tâjikid)
تاجیکین
(tâjikin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
تاجیک است
(tâjik ast)
تاجیکه
(tâjike)
تاجیکند
(tâjikand)
تاجیکن
(tâjikan)
Colloquial.

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