Tajik (n.)

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

    [ Syn: tajik , tadzhik ]

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

    [ Syn: tajikistan , republic of tajikistan , tadzhikistan , tadzhik , tadjik , tajik ]

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

    [ Syn: tajik , tadzhik ]

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

    [ Syn: tajiki , tajik , tadzhik ]

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