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.
Meanings
(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:
(not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan.
(not-comparable) Of or relating to Tajiki Persian.
mk таџички (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · bg таджи́кски (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · af Tadjiks (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · sk tadžický (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · hu tádzsik (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ru таджи́кский (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · dng таҗик (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · pl tadżycki (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ps تاجکي (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · cs tádžický (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · cmn 塔吉克的 (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ur تاجِک (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · tr Tacik (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · el τατζίκ (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · sh таџикистански (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · hi ताजिकी (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · nb tadsjikisk (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · lt tadžikų (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · mn тажик (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · be таджы́кскі (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · tt таҗик (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · hy տաջիկական (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · th ทาจิก (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · eo taĝika (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · sq taxhik (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · sh tadžički (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · pt tadjique (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · uz tojik (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · af Tadjikistans (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · sjo ᡨᠠᡪᡞᡣ (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · th ทาจิกิสถาน (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · kk тәжік (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · fa-ira تاجیکی (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ky тажик (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ga Táidsíceastánach (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · tg тоҷикӣ (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · km តាជីក (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · kmr Tacîkî (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ca tadjik (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · nn tadsjikisk (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · vi Tát-gích (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · tk täjik (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · be таджы́цкі (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · lt tadžikiškas (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · az tacik (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · it tagiko (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · nl Tadzjieks (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ka ტაჯიკური (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · et tadžiki (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · hi ताजिक (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · bn তাজিক (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · da tadsjikisk (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · es tayiko (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · fr tadjik (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · fi tadžikkilainen (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · de tadschikisch (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · fa-ira تاجیک (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ar طَاجِيكِيّ (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · sh таџички (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · sh tadžikistanski (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · he טג׳יקי (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ko 타지크의 (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · lv tadžikisks (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · lv tadžiku (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ro tadjic (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · uk таджи́цький (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ja タジクの (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · ug تاجىك (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian) · crh tacik (of or pertaining to Tajiks or to Tajiki Persian)
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.
Meanings
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:
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Tadjik
alternative
lexicographic
Taujik
alternative, obsolete
lexicographic
Tajiks
Number=Plur
lexicographic
Tadzhik
alternative
lexicographic
Translations (91)
ru таджи́чка (Tajik person) · pl Tadżyk (Tajik person) · uz tojik (Tajik person) · sjo ᡨᠠᡪᡞᡣ ᡠᡣᠰᠠᠷᠠ (Tajik person) · bhh tojik (Tajik person) · ro tadjic (Tajik person) · fi tadžikki (Tajik person) · ur تاجِک (Tajik person) · ko 타지크인 (Tajik person) · nn tadsjikar (Tajik person) · cs Tádžik (Tajik person) · sl Tadžik (Tajik person) · af Tadjikistanner (Tajik person) · ug تاجىك (Tajik person) · pl Tadżyczka (Tajik person) · kk тәжік (Tajik person) · bn তাজিক (Tajik person) · ro tadjică (Tajik person) · be таджы́к (Tajik person) · prs تَاجِک (Tajik person) · sh Tadžikistanka (Tajik person) · os таджикаг (Tajik person) · mn тажик хүн (Tajik person) · it tagiko (Tajik person) · it tagika (Tajik person) · mk Таџик (Tajik person) · srh Tujik (Tajik person) · uk таджи́чка (Tajik person) · sh Таџик (Tajik person) · hi ताजिक (Tajik person) · cmn 塔吉克人 (Tajik person) · ckb تاجیک (Tajik person) · ka ტაჯიკი (Tajik person) · ko 타지크 사람 (Tajik person) · sjo ᡨᠠᡪᡞᡣ ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (Tajik person) · ca tadjik (Tajik person) · ja タジク人 (Tajik person) · uk таджи́к (Tajik person) · ps تاجک (Tajik person) · tt таҗик (Tajik person) · sk Tadžička (Tajik person) · pt tadjique (Tajik person) · sv tadzjik (Tajik person) · crh tacik (Tajik person) · de Tadschikin (Tajik person) · dng таҗик (Tajik person) · nb tadsjiker (Tajik person) · tr Tacik (Tajik person) · fr Tadjike (Tajik person) · ru таджи́к (Tajik person) · es tayiko (Tajik person) · ar طَاجِيكِيَّة (Tajik person) · sh Таџикиња (Tajik person) · kmr tacik (Tajik person) · de Tadschike (Tajik person) · tk täjik (Tajik person) · sk Tadžik (Tajik person) · af Tadjik (Tajik person) · sh Таџикистанка (Tajik person) · bg таджи́к (Tajik person) · sh Tadžikinja (Tajik person) · ky тажик (Tajik person) · lt tadžikas (Tajik person) · eo taĝiko (Tajik person) · tg тоҷик (Tajik person) · lv tadžiks (Tajik person) · hy տաջիկ (Tajik person) · prs تَاجِیک (Tajik person) · ar طَاجِيكِيّ (Tajik person) · nl Tadzjiek (Tajik person) · lv tadžikiete (Tajik person) · tr Tacikistanlı (Tajik person) · sh Таџикистанац (Tajik person) · et tadžikk (Tajik person) · fr Tadjik (Tajik person) · fa-ira تاجیک (Tajik person) · az tacik (Tajik person) · sh Tadžikistanac (Tajik person) · lt tadžikė (Tajik person) · sh Tadžik (Tajik person) · pl Tadżyjka (Tajik person) · nl Tadzjiekse (Tajik person) · hu tádzsik (Tajik person) · vi người Tát-gích (Tajik person) · sq taxhik (Tajik person) · ota تاجیك (Tajik person) · da tadsjiker (Tajik person) · srh Tujiki (Tajik person) · cs Tádžička (Tajik person) · be таджы́чка (Tajik person) · ga Táidsíceastánach (Tajik person)
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.
Meanings
The Persian dialect spoken by Tajiks in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
ar طَاجِيكِيّ (dialect of Persian) · yai тоҷикӣ зивок (dialect of Persian) · tg тоҷикӣ (dialect of Persian) · srh Tujiki ziv (dialect of Persian) · ga Taidsícis (dialect of Persian) · sw Kitajiki (dialect of Persian) · fr tadjik (dialect of Persian) · ro tadjică (dialect of Persian) · km ភាសាតាជីក (dialect of Persian) · nv Tʼajiʼ bizaad (dialect of Persian) · ja タジク語 (dialect of Persian) · nl Tadzjieks (dialect of Persian) · it tagico (dialect of Persian) · cmn 塔吉克語 /塔吉克语 (dialect of Persian) · fa-ira فارْسیِ تاجیکی (dialect of Persian) · lv tadžiku (dialect of Persian) · sjo ᡨᠠᡪᡞᡣ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (dialect of Persian) · de Tadschikisch (dialect of Persian) · th ภาษาทาจิก (dialect of Persian) · sgh Тоҷики зив (dialect of Persian) · eo Taĝika lingvo (dialect of Persian) · pt tadjique (dialect of Persian) · es tayiko (dialect of Persian) · os таджикаг (dialect of Persian) · ru таджи́кский (dialect of Persian) · tg забони тоҷикӣ (dialect of Persian) · sgh Тоҷик зив (dialect of Persian) · bn তাজিক ভাষা (dialect of Persian) · ko 타지크어 (dialect of Persian) · yah парсай (dialect of Persian) · sh tadžički (dialect of Persian) · ky тажикче (dialect of Persian) · bg таджи́кски (dialect of Persian) · ota تاجیكجە (dialect of Persian) · tr Tacikçe (dialect of Persian) · fi tadžikin kieli (dialect of Persian) · pl tadżycki (dialect of Persian) · lv tadžiku valoda (dialect of Persian) · hu tádzsik (dialect of Persian) · et tadžiki keel (dialect of Persian) · kmr tacikî (dialect of Persian) · id bahasa Tajik (dialect of Persian) · da tadsjikisk (dialect of Persian) · fa-ira تاجیکی (dialect of Persian) · fa-ira زَبانِ تاجیکی (dialect of Persian) · sh таџички (dialect of Persian) · nb tadsjikisk (dialect of Persian) · fi tadžikki (dialect of Persian) · ast taxiquistanín (dialect of Persian) · ca tadjik (dialect of Persian) · nn tadsjikisk (dialect of Persian) · br tadjikeg (dialect of Persian) · af Tadjiks (dialect of Persian) · no tadsjikisk språk (dialect of Persian) · sv tadzjikiska (dialect of Persian) · ast taxicu (dialect of Persian) · hy տաջիկերեն (dialect of Persian) · ota لیسان تاجیكی (dialect of Persian) · ka ტაჯიკური ენა (dialect of Persian) · lt tadžikų kalba (dialect of Persian)