# Tajik

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɑːd͡ʒɪk/ · frequency rank #40,044

## Definitions
1. A member of the Persian-speaking people living mainly in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

## Etymology
From Classical Persian تاجیک (tājīk, “non-Turk (of Central Asia)”) (akin to تازی (tāzī), تازیک (tāzīk)), (ultimately) from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “Arab”), (ultimately) from Arabic طَيِّئ (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). See Tayy.
Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тоҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Arabic تَاج (tāj), from Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.

## Easily confused with
- **tak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-tak)
- **tik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-tik)
- **talk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-talk)
- **task** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-task)
- **tank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-tank)
- **taxi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-taxi)
- **Tami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-tami)
- **Tamil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-tamil)
- **taxis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-taxis)
- **takin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-takin)
- **Tariq** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-tariq)
- **Tania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-tania)
- **Talib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-talib)
- **tarek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tajik-vs-tarek)
- **tai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tai-vs-tajik)
- **taj** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taj-vs-tajik)
- **tail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tail-vs-tajik)
- **tack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tack-vs-tajik)
- **tait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tait-vs-tajik)
- **tacit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tajik)

## Common misspellings (7)
`atjik`, `taijk`, `tajikk`, `tajjik`, `tajki`, `tjaik`, `ttajik`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tajik