Tajik 334905 193645140 2008-02-24T05:36:32Z Jj137 1634654 Copyedited. '''Tajik''' may refer to: * [[Tajiks]], an ethnic group living in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and western China. * Tajik Assata Anwar Bahoul, the birth name of Black nationalist activist [[Taj Anwar]]. * [[Tajik language]], the official language of Tajikistan; Persian written in Cyrillic. * The [[Sarikoli language]], spoken by Tajiks in China and officially referred to as the ''Tajik language'' in China. * The [[Arabic language|Arabic]]-schooled, ethnically [[Persians|Persian]] administrative [[caste]] of the [[Turco-Persian]] society. '''note:''' To distinguish between the nationality and the ethnicity, some sources (such as [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ti.html CIA factbook]) use the adjective ''[[Demographics_of_Tajikistan|Tajikistani]]'' for the citizens of Tajikistan''. ''Tajik'' is occasionally written as ''Tadzhik'' or ''Tadjik'', a transcription of the Russian spelling. {{disambig}}