Noun

• 1. a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China

• 2. a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet

• 3. an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China

• 4. the Iranian language of the Tajik people that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan