Original: Tajik (TÄ jÄ "k;) is a general designation for a wide range of Persian-speaking people of Ariana origin, with traditional homelands in present-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and southern Uzbekistan.
Simplified: Tajiks (TÄ jÄ "k) are an originally Persian-speaking peoples of Iranian origin, spread in present-day in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, southern Uzbekistan.