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Tajikistan

Today it means: A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Tajikistan. Capital: Dushanbe. Full definition →

Classical Persian تَاجِیکِسْتَان

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Classical Persian · derived fromتَاجِیکِسْتَان
English todayTajikistan

From Classical Persian تَاجِیکِسْتَان (tājīkistān) (from which Tajik Тоҷикистон (Tojikiston)). By surface analysis, Tajik + -istan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.