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Tajik

noun Ta·jik \ tä-ˈjik , tə- , -ˈjēk \
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Definition of Tajik

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

First Known Use of tajik

1815

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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