tadžiks

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Tajik тоҷик (tojik), itself from Persian تاجیک (tâjik).

tadžiks m (1st declension, feminine form: tadžikiete)

1. a (male) Tajik, a man from Tajikistan or of Tajik descent

   viens no vadītājiem bija etniskais tadžiks ― one of the drivers was an ethnic Tajik

   ja tadžiks piedzimis Krievijā, tad viņam jābūt krievam ― if a Tajik was born in Russia, then he must be Russian

   tadžiki ir indoeiropieši, viņi runā irāņiem tuvā valodā un ir atšķirīgi no apkārtējām tjurku tautām ― the Tajiks are Indo-European, they speak in a language close to Iranian (Persian), and are different from the neighboring Turkic peoples

2. (genitive plural) Tadjik, pertaining to Tajikistan and its people

   tadžiku valoda ― the Tajik language

   tadžiku literatūra ― Tajik literature

   tadžiku sievietes ― Tajik women

• Tadžikistāna
• tadžikisks
• tadžiku valoda