Tadzhik

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variant spelling of tajik

Tajik

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noun

Ta·​jik tä-ˈjik 

tə-, 

-ˈjēk 

variants or Tadzhik

1

: a member of a Persian-speaking ethnic group living in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and adjacent areas of central Asia

2

: the form of Persian spoken by the Tajiks

Examples of Tadzhik in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

At first, Tajik said, her challenges deeply affected her confidence. — Santa Ana College, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026

According to the Tajik edition, one of the dead was Murodbek Nasrulloev, who was born in 2001 and apparently killed in April, 2025. — Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026

Most survived, but a 10-year-old boy from a Tajik family did not. — Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026

Afghans are ethnically and culturally plural — Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Pashtun; Sunni and Shia — many rejecting gender exclusion. — Nargis Habib, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025

More than 1,500 Tajik citizens have been imprisoned for likes, comments, and reposts under the law that imposed a sentence of up to 15 years. — Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2025

The Russian leader has also been photographed speaking with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and others on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025

Four of the attackers were said to have had Tajik passports, according to Russian authorities. — Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1