Tajik

or Ta·djik, Ta·dzhik

[ tah-jik, -jeek; Russian tuh-jik ]

noun

, plural Ta·jiks, (especially collectively) Ta·jik

1. a member of a people living mainly in Tadzhikistan, as well as parts of Afghanistan and China.
2. Also Ta·ji·ki [] the Iranian language spoken by the Tajiks, closely related to Persian but in Tadzhikistan written in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Tajik

/ ˈtɑːdʒɪk; tɑːˈdʒiːk /

noun

1. a member of a Persian-speaking Muslim people inhabiting Tajikistan and parts of Sinkiang in W China

Example Sentences

Anya was living in a Muslim family of ethnic Tajik in a sleepy neighborhood across the town of Kopeisk from her real mother.

From The Daily Beast

In one Tajik province, women outvoted men 58 percent to 41 percent.

From The Daily Beast

This means disrupting the process in Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazari Shia towns and villages, not just in the Pashtun south and east.

From The Daily Beast

As a matter of fact the contrary holds true, and the Tajik is superior to any of his masters in point of mental capacity.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a certain jealousy between the Kirghiz chief and the Tajik soldier of fortune.

From Project Gutenberg

They are comparatively recent arrivals who displaced the earlier Tajik and Brahui occupants.

From Project Gutenberg

The vast majority of the inhabitants of Alty Shahr are of Tajik descent.

From Project Gutenberg