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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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