Tajiki
noun, plural Tajiks (especially collectively) Tajik for 1.
1.
a member of a people living mainly in Tadzhikistan, as well as parts of Afghanistan and China.
2.
Also, Tajiki
[tah-ji-kee, tah-jee-] /ˈtɑ dʒɪ ki, tɑˈdʒi-/ (Show IPA). the Iranian language spoken by the Tajiks, closely related to Persian but in Tadzhikistan written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
noun
1.
the language of the Tajik, belonging to the West Iranian subbranch of the Indo-European family
adjective
2.
of or relating to the Tajik or their language
noun (pl) -jik
1.
a member of a Persian-speaking Muslim people inhabiting Tajikistan and parts of Sinkiang in W China
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