Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🧑 A Tajik person 🗣️ An Iranian language
Tadzhik

Tadzhik

9.9
The language spoken in Tajikistan that is similar to Persian
  • noun
  • /tæˈdʒɪk/
translation icon : tadjik
  • She speaks Tadzhik fluently.

Examples

  • Is Tadzhik similar to Farsi?

  • Several poems have been translated from Tadzhik into English for the first time.

  • He is studying Tadzhik to better understand the region's culture.

  • The official language of Tajikistan is Tadzhik.

  • The official language of Tajikistan is Tadzhik.

  • Several poems have been translated from Tadzhik into English for the first time.

  • He is studying Tadzhik to better understand the region's culture.

Synonyms

Tajik
vsTadzhik
1 7.8

The main language of Tajikistan, similar to Persian

is an alternative name with the same geographic use
Tadzhik language
vsTadzhik
9.6

A form of Persian that the Tajik people speak mainly in Tajikistan and parts of Iran

is the identical meaning but shown in the other standard form
Tajik language
vsTadzhik
8.2

A language spoken mainly in Tajikistan and parts of Uzbekistan, similar to Persian

is instead used in parts of Iran rather than Uzbekistan
Tajiki
vsTadzhik
8.9

A language like Persian that people speak in Tajikistan and parts of Uzbekistan

focuses on use in Iran rather than on Uzbekistan areas
Tajiki language
vsTadzhik
8.4

A form of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and used as the country's official language

is the broader language name not limited to official variety

Compounds

Tadzhik language
9.6

A form of Persian that the Tajik people speak mainly in Tajikistan and parts of Iran

Surface Forms

Tadzhik singular
Tadzhiks plural

Etymology

Tadzhik also names the language and comes from the same Persian word Tājīk, referring to the speech of the people of Tajikistan. A helpful way to remember it is to think 'like Persian' or 'like Farsi', because Tadzhik is closely related to those languages.