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'''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.
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