Military ranks of Tajikistan

The Military ranks of Tajikistan are the military insignia used by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan. Being a former member of Soviet Union, Tajikistan shares a rank structure similar to that of Russia. Since 2018, the State Language Committee of Tajikistan operated a working group that sought to replace the Russian military ranks with pure Tajik/Persian terms. An example of this would be the rank of Colonel, which is currently "Полковник/Polkovnik" would be changed to "Сарлашкар/Sarlashkar".[1] Tajikistan is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy.

Commissioned officers

The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the ground forces and air force respectively:

Equivalent NATO code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1			OF(D) and student officer
Tajikistan (Edit)	No equivalent
Tajikistan (Edit)	No equivalent	Army General (Генерали артиш)	Colonel General (Генерал-полковник)	Lieutenant General (Генерал-лейтенант)	Major General (Генерал-майор)	Colonel (Полковник)	Lieutenant Colonel (Подполковник)	Major (Майор)	Captain (Капитан)	First Lieutenant (Лейтенанти калон)	Lieutenant (Лейтенант)	Second Lieutenant (Лейтенанти хурд)	Officer Cadet (Курсант)
Tajikistan (Edit)	No equivalent												No equivalent
Tajikistan (Edit)	No equivalent		Colonel general	Lieutenant general	Major general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	Senior lieutenant	Lieutenant	Junior lieutenant	No equivalent
Equivalent NATO code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1			OF(D) and student officer

Enlisted

The rank insignia for enlisted personnel for the army and air force respectively.

Equivalent NATO code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5	OR-4	OR-3	OR-2	OR-1
Tajikistan (Edit)
Tajikistan (Edit)	Senior ensign Прапоршики калон	Ensign Прапоршик	Sergeant major Старшина	Senior sergeant Сержанти калон	Sergeant Сержант	Junior sergeant Сержанти хурд	Yefreytor Ефрейтор	Private Қаторӣ
Tajikistan (Edit)								No equivalent
Tajikistan (Edit)	Warrant Officer		Master Sergeant	Senior Sergeant	Sergeant	Corporal	Senior Airman	No equivalent		Airman
Equivalent NATO Code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5	OR-4	OR-3	OR-2	OR-1

Name change

Guided by the principles of historicism, continuity, unification and standardization of military terminology between Persian-speaking states, the Committee on Language and Terminology, in 2018, invited the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan to adopt the names of formations from the Iranian Armed Forces and restore the historical names of units as follows[2]:

names of units:
Units	Currently russian names	Proposed persian names
army corps division brigade regiment battalion company platoon squad fireteam	армия корпус дивизия бригада полк батальон рота взвод отделение звено	артиш (artiš) сипоҳ (sipāh) лашкар (laškar) гунд (gund) ҳанг (hang) гурдон (gordān) вашт (wašt) таҳм (tahm) гурӯҳ (gorūh) рада (rada)

Based on the fact that in the Persian-Tajik language military ranks traditionally come from the names of units and formations, the following military rank system for the Tajik Armed Forces was proposed[2]:

Officers

Category	Troop ranks	Currently names	Proposed names	NATO equivalent
Supreme officers or general officers
	Army General / General of the Army	Генера́ли артиш (Generáli artish)	Артишсолор (Artishsālār)	OF-9
	Colonel General / General	Генера́л-полко́вник (Generál-polkóvnik)	Сипаҳсолор (Sipahsālār)	OF-8
	Lieutenant General	Генера́л-лейтена́нт (Generál-leytenánt)	Лашкарсолор (Lashkarsālār)	OF-7
	Major General	Генера́л-майо́р (Generál-mayór)	Гундсолор (Gundsālār)	OF-6
Senior officers or field grade officers	Colonel	Полко́вник (Polkóvnik)	Сарҳанг (Sarhang)	OF-5
	Lieutenant Colonel	Подполко́вник (Podpolkóvnik)	Сарҳангёр (Sarhangyār)	OF-4
	Major	Майо́р (Mayór)	Саргурд (Sargord)	OF-3
Junior officers or company grade officers	Captain	Капита́н (Kapitán)	Сарвашт (Sarwasht)	OF-2
	Senior Lieutenant / First Lieutenant	Лейтена́нти калон (Leytenánti kalān)	Таҳмбон (Tahmbān)	OF-1
	Lieutenant / Second Lieutenant	Лейтена́нт (Leytenánt)	Таҳмдор (Tahmdār)	OF-1
	Junior Lieutenant / Lieutenant Junior Grade	Лейтена́нти хурд (Leytenánti khord)	Таҳмовар (Tahmāvar)	Acting Officer
Student officers	Officer cadet	Курсант (Kursant)	Размомӯз (Razmāmůz)	OF-(D)

Non-officer ranks

Category	Troop ranks	Currently names	Proposed names	NATO equivalent
Praporshik	Senior Ensign / Chief Warrant Officer	Пра́поршики калон (Praporshiki kalān)	Размсоз (Razmsāz)	OR-9
Praporshik	Ensign / Warrant Officer	Пра́поршик (Praporshik)	Размовар (Razmāvar)	OR-9
Sergeants	Petty Officer / Sergeant First Class	Старшина́ (Starshina)	Саргурӯҳбон (Sargorūhbān)	OR-8
	Senior Sergeant / Staff Sergeant	Сержа́нти калон) (Serzhánti kalān)	Гурӯҳбон (Gorūhbān)	OR-7
	Sergeant	Сержа́нт (Serzhánt)	Гурӯҳдор (Gorūhdār)	OR-6
	Junior Sergeant / Corporal	Сержа́нти хурд (Serzhánti khord)	Гурӯҳвар (Gorūhvar)	OR-5
Soldiers and yefréytors	Gefreiter / Lance Corporal / Private First Class	Ефре́йтор (Yefréytor)	Радабон (Radabān)	OR-4
Soldiers and yefréytors	Private	Қаторӣ (Qatārī)	Сарбоз (Sarbāz)	OR-1

The proposed system of Tajik military ranks sent to the National Security Council of Tajikistan.[2]

References

https://www.rferl.org/a/tajik-army-sticks-with-russian-terms-for-now/29693185.html
Nadirov, Bahmanyor (10 November 2018). "Умед Джайхани: В национальной армии и терминология должна быть максимально национальной" (in Russian). Retrieved 28 November 2019.

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[Джайхани-2] Nadirov, Bahmanyor (10 November 2018). "Умед Джайхани: В национальной армии и терминология должна быть максимально национальной" (in Russian). Retrieved 28 November 2019.