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Tajikistan

/təˈdʒiːkɪˌstɑːn/

Tajikistan proper noun: a country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Tajikistan. Capital: Dushanbe.

tajikistan: a country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Tajikistan. Capital: Dushanbe
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Proper noun

Tajikistan

  1. A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Tajikistan. Capital: Dushanbe.
    • Several officers are going to train border police in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which border Afghanistan, and in several other countries.2007 March 7, Randal C. Archibold, “In Arizona Desert, Indian Trackers vs. Smugglers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
    • Rahmon, addressing Putin directly, said that Tajikistan and other countries in the vast region have been treated like outsiders and indicates that the region deserves more investment from Moscow.[…]
    • Rahmon said the neglect of Tajikistan and the other countries of Central Asia, which he said were only used for their raw materials during the Soviet era, was one of the reasons for the collapse.2022 October 15, “Tajik President's Demand For 'Respect' From Putin Viewed Millions Of Times On YouTube”, in Radio Free Europe, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022

Tajikistan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Tajikistan in Hindi

Republic of Tajikistan
ताजिकिस्तान tājikistān

Tajikistan in Tamil

Republic of Tajikistan
தஜிகிஸ்தான் tajikistāṉ

Tajikistan in Marathi

Republic of Tajikistan
ताजिकिस्तान tājikistān

Tajikistan in Urdu

Republic of Tajikistan
تاجِکِسْتان tājikistān
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Tajikistan in Bengali
তাজিকিস্তান tajikistan
Tajikistan in Telugu
తజికిస్తాన్ tajikistān
Tajikistan in Malayalam
താജിക്കിസ്ഥാന് tājikkisthāṉ
Tajikistan in Kannada
ತಜಿಕಿಸ್ತಾನ್ tajikistān
Tajikistan in Punjabi
ਤਾਜਿਕਸਤਾਨ tājiksatān
Tajikistan in Gujarati
તાજ઼િકિસ્તાન tāzikistān
Tajikistan in Odia
ତାଜିକିସ୍ତାନ tājikistāna
Tajikistan in Sanskrit
ताजिकिस्थान tājikisthāna
Tajikistan in Sinhala
ටජිකිස්ථාන් ṭajikisthān
Tajikistan in Assamese
তাজিকিস্তান tazikistan
Tajikistan in Pashto
تاجکستان tājikestān
Tajikistan in Arabic
طَاجِيكِسْتَان ṭājīkistān, تَاجِيكِسْتَان tājīkistān, طَجِيكِسْتَان ṭajīkistān, تَجِيكِسْتَان tajīkistān
Tajikistan in Malay
Tajikistan
Tajikistan in Indonesian
Tajikistan
Tajikistan in Thai
ทาจิกิสถาน taa-jì-gís-tǎan
Tajikistan in Vietnamese
Tát-gi-ki-xtan
Tajikistan in Myanmar
တာဂျစ်ကစ္စတန် tagyackacca.tan
Dhivehi
ތަޖިކިސްތާން tajikistān̊
Kashmiri
ताजिकिस्थान tājikisthān
Dzongkha
ཏ་ཇག་ཀིསི་ཏཱན་ ta jag kisi tān

Forms of Tajikistan

alternative formTadjikistan
alternative formTadzhikistan

Origin of Tajikistan

From Classical Persian تَاجِیکِسْتَان (tājīkistān) (from which Tajik Тоҷикистон (Tojikiston)). By surface analysis, Tajik + -istan.

Words formed from Tajikistan

Phrases with Tajikistan

Questions about Tajikistan

What does Tajikistan mean?
Tajikistan means a country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Tajikistan. Capital: Dushanbe.
What is Tajikistan in Hindi?
Tajikistan in Hindi is ताजिकिस्तान (tājikistān). See Tajikistan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Tajikistan?
Tajikistan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tajikistan?
Tajikistan is pronounced /təˈdʒiːkɪˌstɑːn/.

Words near Tajikistan in the dictionary

  1. Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
  2. Tajik SSR
  3. Tajiki
  4. Tajiki Arabic
  5. Tajiki Persian
  6. Tajikistan
  7. Tajikistani
  8. Tajikistanis
  9. Tajikness
  10. Tajiks
  11. Tajima

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tajikistan (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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