[t?:'d?i:k]
(also Tadjik or Tadzhik)
¦ noun
1. a member of a mainly Muslim people inhabiting Tajikistan and parts of neighbouring countries.
a native or national of the republic of Tajikistan.
2. (also Tajiki t?:'d?i:ki) the Iranian language of the Tajiks.
Origin
from Pers. tajik 'a Persian, someone who is neither an Arab nor a Turk'.