noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
• Syn: ↑Tadzhik
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tajikistan, ↑Republic of Tajikistan, ↑Tadzhikistan, ↑Tadzhik, ↑Tadjik
2. a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
• Syn: ↑Tajikistan, ↑Republic of Tajikistan, ↑Tadzhikistan, ↑Tadzhik, ↑Tadjik
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation
• Member Holonyms: ↑Commonwealth of Independent States, ↑CIS
• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia
• Member Meronyms: ↑Tadzhik
• Part Meronyms:
↑Dushanbe, ↑Dusanbe, ↑Dyushambe, ↑Stalinabad, ↑capital of Tajikistan, ↑Communism Peak, ↑Mount Communism, ↑Stalin Peak, ↑Mount Garmo, ↑Pamir Mountains, ↑the Pamirs
3. an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
• Syn: ↑Tadzhik
• Hypernyms: ↑ethnic group, ↑ethnos
4. the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan
• Hypernyms: ↑Iranian, ↑Iranian language
Useful english dictionary. 2012.