tadžiks
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Tajik тоҷик (tojik), itself from Persian تاجیک (Tājīk).
Pronunciation
Noun
tadžiks m (1st declension, feminine form: tadžikiete)
- a (male) Tajik, a man from Tajikistan or of Tajik descent
- viens no vadītājiem bija etniskais tadžiks ― one of the drivers was an ethnic Tajik
- ja tadžiks piedzimis Krievijā, tad viņam jābūt krievam ― if a Tajik was born in Russia, then he must be Russian
- tadžiki ir indoeiropieši, viņi runā irāņiem tuvā valodā un ir atšķirīgi no apkārtējām tjurku tautām ― the Tajiks are Indo-European, they speak in a language close to Iranian (Persian), and are different from the neighboring Turkic peoples
- (genitive plural) Tadjik, pertaining to Tajikistan and its people
- tadžiku valoda ― the Tajik language
- tadžiku literatūra ― Tajik literature
- tadžiku sievietes ― Tajik women
Declension
Declension of tadžiks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | tadžiks | tadžiki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | tadžiku | tadžikus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | tadžika | tadžiku |
| dative (datīvs) | tadžikam | tadžikiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | tadžiku | tadžikiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | tadžikā | tadžikos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | tadžik | tadžiki |