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

He studied Russian – even Tajik - wrote letters, read spy novels.

From BBC

Even though he spent five years in Tajik prisons as a teenager, she said he never exhibited signs of violent extremism.

From New York Times

The suspects in the storming of a concert hall near Moscow last month were Tajiks.

From New York Times

Although four supposed culprits have been arrested, we will likely never know whether they were really the culprits or merely four hapless Tajik migrants conveniently picked up and tortured into confessions.

From Seattle Times

Within hours of the Moscow attack, Tajik security forces were seen in Loyob and reportedly took the suspect's father away for interrogation.

From BBC