تاجیک
Persian edit
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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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [tɑː.d͡ʒik]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒː.d͡ʒiːkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔ.d͡ʒik]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | tājik |
Dari reading? | tājik |
Iranian reading? | tâjik |
Tajik reading? | tojik |
Noun edit
Dari | تاجک, تاجیک |
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Iranian Persian | تاجیک |
Tajik | тоҷик |
تاجیک • (tâjik) (plural تاجیکها (tâjik-hâ) or تاجیکان (tâjikân))
- Tajik , Persian
- تاجیکها قومی آریایی هستند.
- Tâjik-hâ qowmi âryâyi hastand.
- The Tajiks are an Aryan people.
- Tâjik-hâ qowmi âryâyi hastand.
- تاجیکها قومی آریایی هستند.
- (dated) non-Turk
Inflection edit
Basic forms of تاجیک (Tâjik) | ||
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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) | ||
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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. |
Derived terms edit
- تاجیکی (tâjiki)
- تاجیکستان (tâjikestân)
- فارسی تاجیکی (fârsi-ye tâjiki)
Related terms edit
References edit
- B.G. Franger (2000), "Tādjīk", Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. X, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 62–64