Definitions
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
Tajik . - noun uncountable Alternative spelling of
Tajik . (language) - noun countable Alternative spelling of
Tajik . (someone from Tadzhikistan)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
- noun the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan
- noun a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
- noun a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
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Examples
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Five Red Army officers in shiny boots and enormous greatcoats, one of them a general with his jowls overflowing his collar; three Tadzhik women in traditional costume; another man with a musical instrument and now a plump woman smiling over her bouquet of faded carnations while the man explained to her that they were all he could find.
The Sinkiang Executive Hall, Adam 1978
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Television broadcast stations: 4 (plus two repeater stations that relay Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tadzhik programs) (1997)
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Turkmen, Kirgiz, and Tadzhik republics (these republics have broken from the Soviet Union following the 1991 collapse of the government).
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A month ago in my relatively sleepy bedroom community, a young Tadzhik citizen was stabbed thirty-six times.
slackbastard 2008
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Stalinabad, the capital of Tadzhik Republic, did regain its original Tadzhik name of Dushanbe, but here the change was back to the old name of a caravan stop and had nothing to do with tsarist Russia.
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Well no, the peak's next appellation will probably be a Tadzhik name since the mountain is in Tadzhikistan.
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19 February: A 27-year-old Tadzhik citizen was found murdered with multiple stab wounds in Moscow's South.
slackbastard 2008
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15 February: A group of drunk teenagers set upon a 22-year-old Tadzhik citizen in Moscow's Southwest, beating him and stabbing him more than ten times.
slackbastard 2008
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19 February: In Severnoe Izmailovo, a Tadzhik citizen was stabbed multiple times but survived.
slackbastard 2008
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14 February: On Ulitsa Pokrovka in Moscow's Center, five teenagers attacked two Tadzhik natives, killing one.
slackbastard 2008
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