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 .
Tajiks ( Persian : تاجيک Tājīk ) are a Persian-speaking people who are mostly found in what is now Tajikistan , including in parts of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan .