тоҷикӣ

Tajik

Dari	تاجکی
Iranian Persian	تاجیکی
Tajik	тоҷикӣ

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic طَيِّء (ṭayyiʔ)der.

Middle Persian tʾcyk'

Persian تازیکbor.

Classical Persian تاجیک

Tajik тоҷик (tojik)

Middle Persian yḥ (īh)

Middle Persian ig

Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)

Tajik -ӣ (-i)

Tajik тоҷикӣ

By surface analysis, тоҷик (tojik) +‎ -ӣ (-i).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tod͡ʒiki/, [t̪ʰɔ.d͡ʒi.kʰi]

Adjective

тоҷикӣ • (tojiki) (Persian spelling تاجیکی or تاجکی)

1. Tajik

Noun

тоҷикӣ • (tojiki) (Persian spelling تاجیکی or تاجکی)

1. Tajik (language)
2. Tajik (person)

Descendants

• > Bukhari: tojiki (inherited)
• → Shughni: тоҷики (tōǰiki)

Noun

тоҷикӣ • (tojiki) (Persian spelling تاجیکی)

1. predicative second-person singular of тоҷик (tojik)

Further reading

• “тоҷикӣ”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026