Tadschikistan
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German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /taˈdʒiːkiˌstaːn/, /-kɪsˌtaːn/, (chiefly southern also) /taˈtʃiː-/
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- The form with /tʃ/ is used by some speakers who do have a phonemic /ʒ/. (Compare Kambodscha, Maharadscha, where the same is caused by the preceding stressed short vowel. This explanation fails here, so it may be a case of assimilation.)
Proper noun
[edit]Tadschikistan n (proper noun, genitive Tadschikistans or (optionally with an article) Tadschikistan)
- Tajikistan (a country in Central Asia)