an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 | the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan |
| an ethnic group (mostly Muslim) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China |
| a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet |
| a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China |