تاجیک

Persian

Etymology

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 Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”))

See Fragner for more discussion.

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑː.d͡ʒik]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.d͡ʒɪk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.d͡ʒɪk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.d͡ʒɪk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.d͡ʒik]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.d͡ʒiːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔ.d͡ʒik]

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

Noun

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

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.

Derived terms

• تاجیکی (tâjiki)
• تاجیکستان (tâjikestân)
• فارسی تاجیکی (fârsi-ye tâjiki)

Related terms

• تازیک (tâzik), تازک (tâzek)
• تاژیک (tâžik), تاژک (tâžek)
• تات (tât)

References

• B.G. Franger (2000), "Tādjīk", Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. X, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 62–64