Tajik

Examples

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• The non-Pashtuns—Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras, etc.—naturally welcome any outside support in what is a virtual civil war.

  Blog text (8)

• The Taliban was dominated by Pashtuns, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan (42 percent of the population) and the second largest in Pakistan, while the Northern Alliance was dominated by Tajiks (27 percent), Uzbeks (9 percent), and various smaller minorities.

  Academic text (2012)

• The political impact of these changes was particularly strong among the minority Tajiks and Uzbeks.

  Academic text (1997)

• During the Soviet occupation, other groups such as the Tajiks and the Hazaras acquired arms and gained military experience.

  Academic text (1997)

• Ethnic populations are also split by international boundaries; for example, there are more ethnic Tajiks in Afghanistan than in Tajikistan.

  Academic text (1996)

• "I was prejudiced against Pashtuns and Tajiks when I joined the group, but these prejudices are now gone," Abdulai admits.

  Academic text (2011)

• The boundaries of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were drawn by Stalin to keep Tajiks and Uzbeks weak.

  Academic text (1997)

• Moreover, the national army has a disproportionately high number of officers from non-Pashtun groups, especially the Tajiks, while the Taliban's closest affinity is with the Pashtun and further divides society along ethnic lines.

  Academic text (2011)

• Hamid is a 43-year-old Tajik who lives in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan.

• Four years of civil war left tens of thousands of Tajiks dead or homeless.

Synonyms

T

Tadzhik

vsTajik

9.3

A person from Tajikistan or from the Tajik people

is the modern standard spelling rather than the older variant

Compounds

T

Tajik language

8.2

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

Surface Forms

Etymology