Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of notable people from the Tajik ethnic group, an Eastern Iranic people native to modern day Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. This list also includes other closely associated ethnicities to Tajiks.
Among increasingly religious Tajiks, Islamic-Arabic names have become more popular over Tajik names. [35] The Tajik government has used the word "prostitute" to label hijab-wearing women and enforced shaving of beards, in addition to considering the outlawing of Arabic-Islamic names for children and making people use Tajik/Persian names.
The authorities of Tajikistan have announced the preparation of a list of 3,000 pre-approved names, all referred to Tajik culture, thus banning Arabic/Islamic names and suffixes, deemed divisive. [58] [59] Among increasingly religious Tajiks, Islamic-Arabic names have become more popular over Tajik names. [60]
Tajiks (Persian: تاجيک، تاجک, romanized: Tājīk, Tājek; Tajik: Тоҷик, romanized: Tojik) is the name of various Persian-speaking [16] Eastern Iranian groups of people native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
The name "Tajik" (Persian: تاجیک, romanized: tājīk, Tajik: тоҷик, romanized: tojik) did not always have the same meaning and did always serve as the self-designation of the present-day Tajik people. It started out as a name given by outsiders . The Middle Persian (or Sogdian or Parthian) word tāzīk ("Arab") is the commonly ...
Islam portal; Biblical people in Islam; Holiest sites in Islam; Ḥ-R-M; List of biblical names; List of burial places of Abrahamic figures; List of mosques that are mentioned by name in the Quran; List of people in both the Bible and the Quran; Muhammad in the Quran; Names of God in Islam
Pages in category "Tajik-language surnames" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abdulayev;
Islam was brought to the region by the Arabs in the 7th century. Since that time, it has become an integral part of Tajik culture. Tajikistan is a secular country, [2] but the post-Soviet era has seen a marked increase in religious practice in the country. [3]