Tajik (Muslim) (English spelling)

Japanese: Tājīk(イスラム教徒)(英語表記)Tajik
Tajik (Muslim) (English spelling)

…It is a name used by Chinese people in the Tang and Song dynasties to refer to Arabs in the narrow sense and Muslims in the broad sense, and is also written as Da Shi Yi, Ta Shi, and Tai Seki. Originally, it was a transliteration of the Persian word Tāzīk, or Tāzī, which means Arabs, but after the Arab conquest, Persian Muslims came to be called by this name, and since the Turks used this word to refer to Persians, it came to mean Muslims in general. Later, the word Hui Hui, which is almost synonymous with it, became common, and this word fell into disuse. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Tājīk (Muslim)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…唐・宋時代の中国人が,狭義にはアラブ,広義にはイスラム教徒を呼んだ名称で,大寔(だいしよく),多氏(たし),大石(たいせき)などとも記される。本来はペルシア語でアラビア人を示すタージークTāzīk∥Tājīk,タージーTāzīの音訳であったが,アラブの征服以降のペルシア人イスラム教徒もこの名で呼ばれるようになり,またトルコ族がペルシア人を示す語としてこのタージークを用いたことから,イスラム教徒一般をも意味するようになった。後にほぼ同義の回回の語が一般的となり,この語は廃れた。…

※「Tājīk(イスラム教徒)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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