Tajik is the official language of Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia and the mother tongue of nearly 4 million people. This bilingual dictionary, with almost 15,000 entries, is a useful tool for non-Tajiks visiting Central Asia and for Tajik students of English. All Tajik entries appear in both the Cyrillic alphabet and romanized transliteration, providing users with the correct pronunciation of Tajik words. All English entries include phonetics for the Tajik speaker to pronounce the English words correctly.