tadžiks

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Tajik тоҷик (tojik), itself from Persian تاجیک (tâjik).

Noun

tadžiks m (1st declension, feminine form: tadžikiete)

1. a (male) Tajik, a man from Tajikistan or of Tajik descent

   viens no vadītājiem bija etniskais tadžiks ― one of the drivers was an ethnic Tajik

   ja tadžiks piedzimis Krievijā, tad viņam jābūt krievam ― if a Tajik was born in Russia, then he must be Russian

   tadžiki ir indoeiropieši, viņi runā irāņiem tuvā valodā un ir atšķirīgi no apkārtējām tjurku tautām ― the Tajiks are Indo-European, they speak in a language close to Iranian (Persian), and are different from the neighboring Turkic peoples

2. (genitive plural) Tadjik, pertaining to Tajikistan and its people

   tadžiku valoda ― the Tajik language

   tadžiku literatūra ― Tajik literature

   tadžiku sievietes ― Tajik women

Declension

Declension of tadžiks (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	tadžiks	tadžiki
accusative (akuzatīvs)	tadžiku	tadžikus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	tadžika	tadžiku
dative (datīvs)	tadžikam	tadžikiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	tadžiku	tadžikiem
locative (lokatīvs)	tadžikā	tadžikos
vocative (vokatīvs)	tadžik	tadžiki

Related terms

• Tadžikistāna
• tadžikisks
• tadžiku valoda