Definition of Tajiki

1. Noun. The Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan.

Exact synonyms: Tadzhik, Tajik
Generic synonyms: Iranian, Iranian Language

Definition of Tajiki

1. Proper noun. The dialect of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia, especially in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tajiki

Taipei
Taishanese
Tait's law
Taiwan
Taiwan Strait
Taiwan dollar
Taiwanese
Taiwanese Sign Language
Taiyuan
Taizhong
Taizhou
Taj Mahal
Tajik
Tajik Persian
Tajik SSR
Tajiki (current term)
Tajiki-Persian
Tajiki Arabic
Tajikistan
Tajikistani
Tajikistani monetary unit
Tajiks
Taka-diastase
Takahara's disease
Takahashi
Takakkaw
Takamagahara
Takamatsu
Takanawa
Takayama's stain

Literary usage of Tajiki

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Captive of Love: Founded Upon Bakin's Japanese Romance Kumono Tayema Ama by Edward Greey, Bakin Takizawa (1885)
"Listen : I have learned the magic art, and am here working a spell that will rid me of my only enemy, a yellow-bill named Tajiki- chi, the son of Ihara ..."

2. The Heart of Asia: A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian by Francis Henry Skrine, Edward Denison Ross (1899)
"... Tajiki. This dialect, while on the one hand preserving many old Persian words which in Persia itself have dropped out of the spoken tongue, has, ..."

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