Tajik

English

Etymology

From Persian تاجیک‎ (Tâjik, “non-Turk (of Central Asia)”) (akin to تازی‎ (Tâzi), تازیک‎ (Tâzik)), (ultimately) from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (Tāzīg, “Arab”), (ultimately) from Arabic طَيِّء‎ (ṭayyiʾ, “name of an Arab clan”).

Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тоҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Arabic تَاج‎ (tāj), from Persian تاج‎ (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːdʒɪk/, /tæˈdʒiːk/

Noun

Tajik (countable and uncountable, plural Tajiks)

1. (countable) A person from Tajikistan or of Tajik descent.
2. (uncountable) The Persian dialect spoken in Tajikistan.

Translations

person

• Armenian: տաջիկ (taǰik)
• Catalan: tadjik m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔吉克人 (zh) (Tǎjíkè rén)

• Czech: Tádžik (cs) m, Tádžička f
• Dutch: Tadzjiek (nl)
• Esperanto: taĝiko
• Finnish: tadžikki (fi)
• French: Tadjik (fr) m, Tadjike (fr) f
• German: Tadschike (de) m, Tadschikin (de) f
• Hungarian: tádzsik (hu)
• Japanese: タジク人 (Tajiku-jin)
• Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: tadžiks m, tadžikiete f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tadsjiker m

  Nynorsk: tadsjikar (nn) m

• Ossetian: таджикаг (taǵikag)
• Persian: تاجیک‎‎ (fa) (Tâjik)
• Portuguese: tadjique (pt)
• Romanian: tadjic (ro) m, tadjică (ro) f
• Russian: таджи́к (ru) m (tadžík), таджи́чка (ru) f (tadžíčka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Таџик m, Таџикиња f, Таџикистанац m, Таџикистанка f

  Roman: Tadžik (sh) m, Tadžikinja f, Tadžikistanac m, Tadžikistanka f

• Spanish: tayiko (es) m
• Tajik: тоҷик (tg) (tojik)
• Turkish: Tacik (tr), Tacikistanlı
• Ukrainian: таджи́к m (tadžýk), таджи́чка f (tadžýčka)

language

• Arabic: طَاجِيكِيّ‎‎ m (ṭājīkiyy)
• Armenian: տաջիկերեն (hy) (taǰikeren)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: tadjikeg
• Bulgarian: таджикски m (tadžikski)
• Catalan: tadjik m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔吉克語, 塔吉克语 (Tǎjíkè yǔ)

• Dutch: Tadzjieks (nl)
• Esperanto: Taĝika lingvo
• Estonian: tadžiki keel
• Finnish: tadžikki (fi), tadžikin kieli
• French: tadjik (fr) m
• Georgian: ტაჯიკური ენა (ṭaǯiḳuri ena)
• German: Tadschikisch (de) n
• Hungarian: tádzsik (hu)
• Indonesian: bahasa Tajik
• Italian: lingua tagica f
• Japanese: タジク語 (ja) (Tajiku-go)
• Korean: 타지크어 (ko) (Tajikeu-eo)
• Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• Latvian: tadžiku valoda f, tadžiku
• Lithuanian: tadžikų kalba (lt) f
• Navajo: Tʼajiʼ bizaad
• Norwegian: tadsjikisk språk

  Bokmål: tadsjikisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: tadsjikisk (nn) m

• Ossetian: таджикаг (taǵikag)
• Persian: زبان تاجیکی‎‎ (zabân-e tâjiki), تاجیکی‎‎ (fa) (tâjiki), فارسی تاجیکی‎‎ (fârsi-ye tâjiki)
• Portuguese: tadjique (pt)
• Romanian: tadjică (ro) f
• Russian: таджи́кский (ru) m (tadžíkskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: таџички m

  Roman: tadžički (sh) m

• Spanish: tayiko (es) m
• Swahili: Kitajiki
• Swedish: tadzjikiska (sv)
• Tajik: тоҷикӣ (tg) (tojikī), забони тоҷикӣ (tg) (zaboni tojikī)
• Thai: ภาษาทาจิก (paasăa taajìk)
• Turkish: Tacikçe (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tajik terms
• Appendix:Tajik Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Tajik
• Wikipedia article on the Tajiki-Persian language

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code tg, ISO 639-3 code tgk
• Ethnologue entry for Tajik, tg

Adjective

Tajik (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan, the Tajik people (living in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) or the Tajiki dialect of Persian.

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan, the Tajik people or the Tajiki dialect

• Armenian: տաջիկական (hy) (taǰikakan)
• Catalan: tadjik m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔吉克的 (zh) (Tǎjíkè de)

• Czech: tádžický
• Esperanto: taĝika
• Finnish: tadžikkilainen
• French: tadjik (fr)
• German: tadschikisch (de)
• Hungarian: tádzsik (hu)
• Latvian: tadžiku, tadžikisks
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tadsjikisk (no)

  Nynorsk: tadsjikisk (nn)

• Persian: تاجیک‎‎ (fa) (Tâjik)
• Portuguese: tadjique (pt)
• Romanian: tadjic (ro)
• Russian: таджи́кский (ru) (tadžíkskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: таџикистански m, таџички m

  Roman: tadžikistanski (sh) m, tadžički (sh) m

• Slovak: tadžický
• Spanish: tayiko (es) m
• Ukrainian: таджи́цький (tadžýcʹkyj)

Usage notes

Refers to ethnicity, not nationality. Compare Tajikistani (“inhabitant of nation of Tajikistan; pertaining to Tajikistan”).