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Tajik   /tˈɑdʒɪk/   Listen
Tajik

noun
1.
A native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China.  Synonym: Tadzhik.
2.
A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet.  Synonyms: Republic of Tajikistan, Tadjik, Tadzhik, Tadzhikistan, Tajikistan.
3.
An ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China.  Synonym: Tadzhik.
4.
The Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan.  Synonyms: Tadzhik, Tajiki.



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"Tajik" Quotes from Famous Books



... areas in southern Afghanistan; opposing factions have their stronghold in the ethnically diverse north-General DOSTAM's National Islamic Movement controls several northcentral provinces and Commander MASOOD controls the ethnic Tajik majority areas ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


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