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Tajik

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk/
  • US: /tæˈd͡ʒiːk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːk
  • CMU ARPABET: T AA1 JH IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Tajiks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tajiki

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to Tajiki Persian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tajiki

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The Persian dialect spoken by Tajiks in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tajiki, Tajiki Persian, Tajik Persian

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A member of the Persian-speaking people living mainly in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tajiki, Tadzhik

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Iranian, Iranian language

6

noun

Meaning 6

an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tadzhik

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ethnic group, ethnos

7

noun

Meaning 7

a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tadjik

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian country, Asian nation

8

noun

Meaning 8

a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tadzhik

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Tadjiks — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Afrikaans: Tadjikistans — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Albanian: taxhik — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Arabic: طَاجِيكِيّ (ṭājīkiyy) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Armenian: տաջիկական (taǰikakan) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Azerbaijani: tacik — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Belarusian: таджы́кскі (tadžýkski) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Belarusian: таджы́цкі (tadžýcki) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Bengali: তাজিক (tajik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Bulgarian: таджи́кски (tadžíkski) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Catalan: tadjik — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Chinese: таҗик (tajik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔吉克的 (Tǎjíkè de) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Crimean Tatar: tacik — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Czech: tádžický — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Danish: tadsjikisk — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Dutch: Tadzjieks — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Esperanto: taĝika — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Estonian: tadžiki — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Finnish: tadžikkilainen — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • French: tadjik — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Georgian: ტაჯიკური (ṭaǯiḳuri) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • German: tadschikisch — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Greek: τατζίκ (tatzík) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Hebrew: טג׳יקי (tajikí) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Hindi: ताजिकी (tājikī) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Hindi: ताजिक (tājik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Hungarian: tádzsik — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Irish: Táidsíceastánach — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Italian: tagiko — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Japanese: タジクの (tajiku no) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Kazakh: тәжік (täjık) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Khmer: តាជីក (taaciik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Korean: 타지크의 (tajikeu-ui) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Northern Kurdish: Tacîkî — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Kyrgyz: тажик (tajik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Latvian: tadžiku — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Latvian: tadžikisks — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Lithuanian: tadžikiškas — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Lithuanian: tadžikų — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Macedonian: таџички (tadžički) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Mongolian: тажик (tažik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tadsjikisk — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tadsjikisk — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Pashto: تاجکي (tājǝkí) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Iranian Persian: تاجیک (tâjik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Iranian Persian: تاجیکی (tâjiki) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Polish: tadżycki — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Portuguese: tadjique — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Romanian: tadjic — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Russian: таджи́кский (tadžíkskij) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Serbo-Croatian: таџикистански — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Serbo-Croatian: таџички — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Serbo-Croatian: tadžikistanski — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Serbo-Croatian: tadžički — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Slovak: tadžický — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Spanish: tayiko — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Tajik: тоҷикӣ (tojiki) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Tatar: таҗик (tacik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Thai: ทาจิก — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Thai: ทาจิกิสถาน (taa-jì-gís-tǎan) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Turkish: Tacik — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Turkmen: täjik — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Ukrainian: таджи́цький (tadžýcʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Urdu: تاجِک (tājik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Uyghur: تاجىك (tajik) — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Uzbek: tojik — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Vietnamese: Tát-gích — of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian
  • Afrikaans: Tadjiks — dialect of Persian
  • Arabic: طَاجِيكِيّ (ṭājīkiyy) — dialect of Persian
  • Armenian: տաջիկերեն (taǰikeren) — dialect of Persian
  • Asturian: taxiquistanín — dialect of Persian
  • Asturian: taxicu — dialect of Persian
  • Bengali: তাজিক ভাষা (tajik bhaśa) — dialect of Persian
  • Breton: tadjikeg — dialect of Persian
  • Bulgarian: таджи́кски (tadžíkski) — dialect of Persian
  • Catalan: tadjik — dialect of Persian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔吉克語 /塔吉克语 (tǎjíkèyǔ) — dialect of Persian
  • Danish: tadsjikisk — dialect of Persian
  • Dutch: Tadzjieks — dialect of Persian
  • Esperanto: Taĝika lingvo — dialect of Persian
  • Estonian: tadžiki keel — dialect of Persian
  • Finnish: tadžikki — dialect of Persian
  • Finnish: tadžikin kieli — dialect of Persian
  • French: tadjik — dialect of Persian
  • Georgian: ტაჯიკური ენა (ṭaǯiḳuri ena) — dialect of Persian
  • German: Tadschikisch — dialect of Persian
  • Hungarian: tádzsik — dialect of Persian
  • Indonesian: bahasa Tajik — dialect of Persian
  • Irish: Taidsícis — dialect of Persian
  • Italian: tagico — dialect of Persian
  • Japanese: タジク語 (tajikugo) — dialect of Persian
  • Khmer: ភាសាតាជីក (phiəsaataaciik) — dialect of Persian
  • Korean: 타지크어 (tajikeueo) — dialect of Persian
  • Northern Kurdish: tacikî — dialect of Persian
  • Kyrgyz: тажикче (tajikce) — dialect of Persian
  • Latvian: tadžiku valoda — dialect of Persian
  • Latvian: tadžiku — dialect of Persian
  • Lithuanian: tadžikų kalba — dialect of Persian
  • Navajo: Tʼajiʼ bizaad — dialect of Persian
  • Norwegian: tadsjikisk språk — dialect of Persian
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tadsjikisk — dialect of Persian
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tadsjikisk — dialect of Persian
  • Ossetian: таджикаг (taǵikag) — dialect of Persian
  • Iranian Persian: زَبانِ تاجیکی (zabân-e tâjiki) — dialect of Persian
  • Iranian Persian: تاجیکی (tâjiki) — dialect of Persian
  • Iranian Persian: فارْسیِ تاجیکی (fârsi-ye tâjiki) — dialect of Persian
  • Polish: tadżycki — dialect of Persian
  • Portuguese: tadjique — dialect of Persian
  • Romanian: tadjică — dialect of Persian
  • Russian: таджи́кский (tadžíkskij) — dialect of Persian
  • Sarikoli: Tujiki ziv — dialect of Persian
  • Serbo-Croatian: таџички — dialect of Persian
  • Serbo-Croatian: tadžički — dialect of Persian
  • Shughni: Тоҷик зив (Tōǰik ziv) — dialect of Persian
  • Shughni: Тоҷики зив (Tōǰiki ziv) — dialect of Persian
  • Spanish: tayiko — dialect of Persian
  • Swahili: Kitajiki — dialect of Persian
  • Swedish: tadzjikiska — dialect of Persian
  • Tajik: тоҷикӣ (tojiki) — dialect of Persian
  • Tajik: забони тоҷикӣ (zabon-i tojiki) — dialect of Persian
  • Thai: ภาษาทาจิก — dialect of Persian
  • Turkish: Tacikçe — dialect of Persian
  • Ottoman Turkish: تاجیكجە (tacikçe) — dialect of Persian
  • Ottoman Turkish: لیسان تاجیكی (lisân-ı tâcikî) — dialect of Persian
  • Xibe: ᡨᠠᡪᡞᡣ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (tajik gisun) — dialect of Persian
  • Yaghnobi: тоҷикӣ зивок (tojiki zivok) — dialect of Persian
  • Afrikaans: Tadjik — Tajik person
  • Afrikaans: Tadjikistanner — Tajik person
  • Albanian: taxhik — Tajik person
  • Arabic: طَاجِيكِيّ (ṭājīkiyy) — Tajik person
  • Arabic: طَاجِيكِيَّة (ṭājīkiyya) — Tajik person
  • Armenian: տաջիկ (taǰik) — Tajik person
  • Azerbaijani: tacik — Tajik person
  • Belarusian: таджы́к (tadžýk) — Tajik person
  • Belarusian: таджы́чка (tadžýčka) — Tajik person
  • Bengali: তাজিক (tajik) — Tajik person
  • Bulgarian: таджи́к (tadžík) — Tajik person
  • Catalan: tadjik — Tajik person
  • Chinese: таҗик (tajik) — Tajik person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔吉克人 (tǎjíkèrén) — Tajik person
  • Crimean Tatar: tacik — Tajik person
  • Czech: Tádžik — Tajik person
  • Czech: Tádžička — Tajik person
  • Danish: tadsjiker — Tajik person
  • Dutch: Tadzjiek — Tajik person
  • Dutch: Tadzjiekse — Tajik person
  • Esperanto: taĝiko — Tajik person
  • Estonian: tadžikk — Tajik person
  • Finnish: tadžikki — Tajik person
  • French: Tadjik — Tajik person
  • French: Tadjike — Tajik person
  • Georgian: ტაჯიკი (ṭaǯiḳi) — Tajik person
  • German: Tadschike — Tajik person
  • German: Tadschikin — Tajik person
  • Hindi: ताजिक (tājik) — Tajik person
  • Hungarian: tádzsik — Tajik person
  • Irish: Táidsíceastánach — Tajik person
  • Italian: tagiko — Tajik person
  • Italian: tagika — Tajik person
  • Japanese: タジク人 (tajikujin) — Tajik person
  • Kazakh: тәжік (täjık) — Tajik person
  • Korean: 타지크인 (tajikeu'in) — Tajik person
  • Korean: 타지크 사람 (tajikeu saram) — Tajik person
  • Central Kurdish: تاجیک (tacîk) — Tajik person
  • Northern Kurdish: tacik — Tajik person
  • Kyrgyz: тажик (tajik) — Tajik person
  • Latvian: tadžiks — Tajik person
  • Latvian: tadžikiete — Tajik person
  • Lithuanian: tadžikas — Tajik person
  • Lithuanian: tadžikė — Tajik person
  • Macedonian: Таџик (Tadžik) — Tajik person
  • Mongolian: тажик хүн (tažik xün) — Tajik person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tadsjiker — Tajik person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tadsjikar — Tajik person
  • Ossetian: таджикаг (taǵikag) — Tajik person
  • Pashto: تاجک (tājək) — Tajik person
  • Dari: تَاجِک (tājik) — Tajik person
  • Dari: تَاجِیک (tājīk) — Tajik person
  • Iranian Persian: تاجیک (tâjik) — Tajik person
  • Polish: Tadżyk — Tajik person
  • Polish: Tadżyjka — Tajik person
  • Polish: Tadżyczka — Tajik person
  • Portuguese: tadjique — Tajik person
  • Romanian: tadjic — Tajik person
  • Romanian: tadjică — Tajik person
  • Russian: таджи́к (tadžík) — Tajik person
  • Russian: таджи́чка (tadžíčka) — Tajik person
  • Sarikoli: Tujik — Tajik person
  • Sarikoli: Tujiki — Tajik person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Таџик — Tajik person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Таџикиња — Tajik person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Таџикистанац — Tajik person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Таџикистанка — Tajik person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tadžik — Tajik person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tadžikinja — Tajik person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tadžikistanac — Tajik person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tadžikistanka — Tajik person
  • Slovak: Tadžik — Tajik person
  • Slovak: Tadžička — Tajik person
  • Slovene: Tadžik — Tajik person
  • Spanish: tayiko — Tajik person
  • Swedish: tadzjik — Tajik person
  • Tajik: тоҷик (tojik) — Tajik person
  • Tatar: таҗик (tacik) — Tajik person
  • Turkish: Tacik — Tajik person
  • Turkish: Tacikistanlı — Tajik person
  • Ottoman Turkish: تاجیك (tâcik) — Tajik person
  • Turkmen: täjik — Tajik person
  • Ukrainian: таджи́к (tadžýk) — Tajik person
  • Ukrainian: таджи́чка (tadžýčka) — Tajik person
  • Urdu: تاجِک (tājik) — Tajik person
  • Uyghur: تاجىك (tajik) — Tajik person
  • Uzbek: tojik — Tajik person
  • Vietnamese: người Tát-gích — Tajik person
  • Xibe: ᡨᠠᡪᡞᡣ ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (tajik niyalma) — Tajik person
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