تاجیک

Persian

Etymology

Possibly related to تازیک (tâzik), a re-borrowing from Old Turkic.

According to W. Henning, from *Tāt-čīk, originally *Tād-čīk.

Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тоҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”))

See Fragner for more discussion.

Pronunciation
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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.d͡ʒɪk]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.d͡ʒɪk]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔː.d͡ʒik]

Readings
Classical reading? tājik
Dari reading? tājik
Iranian reading? tâjik
Tajik reading? tojik

Noun
Dari تاجک, تاجیک
Iranian Persian تاجیک
Tajik тоҷик

تاجیک • (tâjik) (plural تاجیک‌ها (tâjik-hâ) or تاجیکان (tâjikân))

  1. Tajik, Persian
    تاجیک‌ها قومی آریایی هستند.
    Tâjik-hâ qowmi âryâyi hastand.
    The Tajiks are an Aryan people.
  2. (dated) non-Turk

Inflection
    Basic forms of تاجیک (Tâjik)
singular plural
bare تاجیک
(Tâjik)		 تاجیک‌ها
(Tâjik-hấ)
تاجیکا △
(Tâjikấ)
definitive direct object تاجیک را
(Tâjik râ)
تاجیک رو △
(Tâjiko)		 تاجیک‌ها را
(Tâjik-hấ râ)
تاجیکا رو △
(Tâjikấ ro)
ezâfe تاجیک
(Tâjik-e)		 تاجیک‌های
(Tâjik-hấ-ye)
تاجیکای △
(Tâjikấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite		 تاجیکی
(Tâjik-i)		 تاجیک‌هایی
(Tâjikấn-i, Tâjik-hấ-i)
تاجیکایی △
(Tâjikấi)
△ Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of تاجیک (tâjik)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)		 تاجیکم
(tâjikam)		 تاجیکیم
(tâjikim)
2nd person
(“you are”)		 تاجیکی
(tâjiki)		 تاجیکید
(tâjikid)
تاجیکین △
(tâjikin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)		 تاجیک است
(tâjik ast)
تاجیکه △
(tâjike)		 تاجیکند
(tâjikand)
تاجیکن △
(tâjikan)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms
  • تازیک (tâzik), تازک (tâzek)
  • تاژیک (tâžik), تاژک (tâžek)
  • تات (tât)

References
  • B.G. Franger (2000), "Tādjīk", Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. X, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 62–64
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