تاجیک
Persian
Alternative forms
- تاجک (tâjek)
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 Arabic تَاج (tāj), from Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.
See Fragner for more discussion.
Pronunciation
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Readings | |
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Classical reading? | t |
Dari reading? | t |
Iranian reading? | t |
Tajik reading? | t |
Noun
Dari | تاجک |
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Iranian Persian | تاجیک |
Tajik | тоҷик |
تاجیک • (Tâjik) (plural تاجیکها (Tâjik-hâ) or تاجیکان (Tâjikân))
- non-Turk
- Tajik
- تاجیکها قومی آریایی هستند.
- Tâjik-hâ qowmi âryâyi hastand.
- The Tajiks are an Aryan people.
- Tâjik-hâ qowmi âryâyi hastand.
- تاجیکها قومی آریایی هستند.
Inflection
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 (Tâjík) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person (“I am, we are”) |
تاجیکم (Tâjíkam) |
تاجیکیم (Tâjíkim) |
2nd person (“you are”) |
تاجیکی (Tâjíki) |
تاجیکید (Tâjíkid) تاجیکین △ (Tâjíkin) |
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
تاجیک است (Tâjík ast) تاجیکه △ (Tâjíke) |
تاجیکند (Tâjíkand) تاجیکن △ (Tâjíkan) |
△ Colloquial. |
Related terms
Derived terms
- تاجیکی (Tâjiki)
- تاجیکستان (Tâjikestân)
- فارسی تاجیکی (Fârsi-ye Tâjiki)
References
- B.G. Franger (2000), "Tādjīk", Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. X, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 62–64