Tajik
US/ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk/
Tajik noun: a member of the Persian-speaking people living mainly in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
Noun
Tajik (plural Tajiks)
- A member of the Persian-speaking people living mainly in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
- “True that it would be preferable that you marry a local, a Tajik, but Rasheed is healthy, and interested in you.”2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 48
Adjective
Tajik (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Tajiks.
- A yurt houses a Tajik family along the Karakal Lake.2016 September 25, “Xinjiang – is this really China?”, in CNN, page 2
- Synonyms:
- Tajiki
- Of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan.
- Synonyms:
- Tajikistani
- Of or relating to Tajiki Persian.
- Synonyms:
- Tajiki
Proper noun
Tajik
- The Persian dialect spoken by Tajiks in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
- Synonyms:
- Tajiki, Tajiki Persian, Tajik Persian
Tajik meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto
Tajik in Hindi
- Tajik person
- ताजिक tājik
- of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
- ताजिकी tājikī, ताजिक tājik
Tajik in Urdu
- Tajik person
- تاجِک tājik
- of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
- تاجِک tājik
Tajik in Bengali
- Tajik person
- তাজিক tajik
- of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
- তাজিক tajik
- dialect of Persian
- তাজিক ভাষা tajik bhaśa
Tajik in Pashto
- Tajik person
- تاجک tājək
- of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
- تاجکي tājǝkí
More languagesFewer languages
- Tajik in Arabic
- طَاجِيكِيّ ṭājīkiyy, طَاجِيكِيَّة ṭājīkiyya
- Tajik in Indonesian
- bahasa Tajik
- Tajik in Thai
- ทาจิก, ทาจิกิสถาน taa-jì-gís-tǎan, ภาษาทาจิก
- Tajik in Vietnamese
- người Tát-gích, Tát-gích
Synonyms of Tajik
Forms of Tajik
| plural | Tajiks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Tadjik |
| alternative form | Tadzhik |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Taujik |
Origin of Tajik
From Classical Persian تاجیک (tājīk, “non-Turk (of Central Asia)”) (akin to تازی (tāzī), تازیک (tāzīk)), (ultimately) from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “Arab”), (ultimately) from Arabic طَيِّئ (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). See Tayy. Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тоҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Arabic تَاج (tāj), from Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.
Words formed from Tajik
Phrases with Tajik
Words that rhyme with Tajik
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- leak
- seek
- bespeak
- pique
- tweak
- reek
- sleek
- geek
- peek
- squeak
- week
- wreak
- boutique
- clique
- creek
- forspeak
- gleek
- unique
- bleak
- cacique
- creak
- critique
- deke
- eek
- eke
- fleak
- on fleek
- respeak
- teak
- technique
- tongue-in-chic
- chic
- cleek
- desqueak
- leek
- malik
- meek
- midweek
- misspeak
- physique
- pratique
- shriek
- speke
- streek
- Zeke
- -speak
- Adam's Peak
- advertique
Questions about Tajik
- What does Tajik mean?
- Tajik means a member of the Persian-speaking people living mainly in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
- What is Tajik in Hindi?
- Tajik in Hindi is ताजिक (tājik), ताजिकी (tājikī). See Tajik meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Tajik?
- Tajik can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Tajik?
- Tajik is pronounced /ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk/ (US).
- What is the plural of Tajik?
- The plural of Tajik is Tajiks.
Words near Tajik in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Tajik (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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