tadžiks

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Tajik тоҷик (tojik), itself from Persian تاجیک‎ (Tājīk).

Pronunciation

Noun

tadžiks m (1st declension, feminine form: tadžikiete)

  1. a (male) Tajik, a man from Tajikistan or of Tajik descent
    viens no vadītājiem bija etniskais tadžiksone of the drivers was an ethnic Tajik
    ja tadžiks piedzimis Krievijā, tad viņam jābūt krievamif a Tajik was born in Russia, then he must be Russian
    tadžiki ir indoeiropieši, viņi runā irāņiem tuvā valodā un ir atšķirīgi no apkārtējām tjurku tautāmthe Tajiks are Indo-European, they speak in a language close to Iranian (Persian), and are different from the neighboring Turkic peoples
  2. (genitive plural) Tadjik, pertaining to Tajikistan and its people
    tadžiku valodathe Tajik language
    tadžiku literatūraTajik literature
    tadžiku sievietesTajik women

Declension

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