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