/teuh jik"euh stan', -stahn', -jee"keuh-, tah-/ ; Russ. /teuh ji kyi stahn"/ , n.
a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 5,112,000; 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Cap.: Dushanbe. Also, Tajikistan . Formerly, Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic .