Tajik (Persian: تاجيک Tājīk; Tajik: Тоҷик) is a general designation for a wide range of Persian-speaking people of Iranian origin with traditional homelands in present-day Tajikistan Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Before the 20th century they were often called Sarts.As a self-designation the term Tajik which earlier on had been more or less pejorative has become acceptable only during the last several decades particularly as a result of Soviet administration in Central Asia.
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