Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tajik
4 senses of tajik
Sense 1
Tajik, Tadzhik -- (a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China)
=> Asian, Asiatic -- (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Sense 2
Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tadjik, Tajik -- (a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet)
INSTANCE OF=> Asian country, Asian nation -- (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Sense 3
Tajik, Tadzhik -- (an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China)
=> ethnic group, ethnos -- (people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture)
Sense 4
Tajiki, Tajik, Tadzhik -- (the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan)
=> Iranian, Iranian language -- (the modern Persian language spoken in Iran)