tajik

adjective

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan, the Tajik people (living in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) or the Tajiki dialect of Persian.

noun

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

Similar word(s): tadzhik

Definition categories: person, asian, asiatic

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

Similar word(s): tadzhik, tajikistan

Definition categories: location

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

Similar word(s): tadzhik

Definition categories: group, ethnos

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

Similar word(s): tadzhik, tajiki

Definition categories: communication, iranian