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  2. Tajik (word) - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Tajik language - Wikipedia

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    Tajik, [2] [a] Tajik Persian, Tajiki Persian, [b] also called Tajiki, is the variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan by Tajiks. It is closely related to neighbouring Dari of Afghanistan with which it forms a continuum of mutually intelligible varieties of the Persian language. Several scholars consider Tajik as a dialectal ...

  4. Tajiks - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Hawaiian religion - Wikipedia

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    Hawaiian tradition shows that ʻAikapu was an idea led by the kahuna in order for Wākea, the sky father, to get alone with his daughter, Hoʻohokukalani without his wahine, or wife, Papa, the earth mother, noticing. The spiritually pure or laʻa, meaning "sacred" and unclean or haumia were to be separated. ʻAikapu included:

  6. List of English words of Hawaiian origin - Wikipedia

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    Hawaiian vocabulary often overlaps with other Polynesian languages, such as Tahitian, so it is not always clear which of those languages a term is borrowed from. The Hawaiian orthography is notably different from the English orthography because there is a special letter in the Hawaiian alphabet, the ʻokina.

  7. Languages of Tajikistan - Wikipedia

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    There are several languages of Tajikistan.Officially, the country recognizes Russian as the interethnic language and Tajik (a variety of Persian) as the state language. . After these two, Uzbek is the next most po

  8. What does a lei mean in Hawaii, can anyone wear one? - AOL

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    But for many locals, like Britney Texeira, leis have a deeper meaning. As a Native Hawaiian, lei is tied closely to her identity as well. "Growing up here in Hawaii, (lei) is a part of your life ...

  9. Polynesian languages - Wikipedia

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    The famous Hawaiian greeting aloha corresponds to Māori aroha, "love, tender emotion". Similarly, the Hawaiian word for kava is ʻawa . Similarities in basic vocabulary may allow speakers from different island groups to achieve a significant degree of understanding of each other's speech.