Tajikistan in other languages: exonyms, Dushanbe and provinces
Tajikistan is Тоҷикистон in Tajik Cyrillic and تاجیکستان in Persian script, officially Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, and its ISO codes are TJ, TJK and 762. Here the name stands in 171 languages and variants and Dushanbe in 83, with the provinces and ten large towns in three scripts.
Official languagesTajik (toçikī)
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- TJ
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- TJK
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- 762
Ҷумҳурии ТоҷикистонÇumhuriji Toçikiston
جمهوری تاجیکستان
- English
- TajikistanRepublic of Tajikistan
- Capital
- ДушанбеدوشنبهDuşanbe · Dushanbe
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Tajikistan in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Igbo, Indonesian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Novial, Swahili | eng / ibo / ind / jav / jnf / nov / swa | Tajikistan | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Breton, Catalan, Basque, French, Haitian Creole, Interlingua, Romanian, Walloon | afr / bre / cat / eus / fra / hat / ina / ron / wln | Tadjikistan | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian, Estonian, Kven, Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian | dsb / est / fkv / hrv / slk / slv | Tadžikistan | same as written |
| Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian | dan / fao / isl / nor | Tadsjikistan | same as written |
| West Frisian, Limburgish, Dutch, Swedish | fry / lim / nld / swe | Tadzjikistan | same as written |
| Friulian, Italian, Ladin, Aromanian | fur / ita / lld / rup | Tagikistan | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Tadschikistan, Tadschikien | same as written |
| Kashubian, Polish | csb / pol | Tadżykistan | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Kirundi | kin / run | Tajikistani | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Tadyikistán, Tayikistán | same as written |
| Asturian | ast | Tayiquistán | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Tacikistan / Таҹикистан | Tacikistan |
| Bambara | bam | Tajikisitan | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Tadžikistan / Таџикистан / تاجٖىقٖىستان | Tadžikistan |
| Czech | ces | Tádžikistán | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Pow Tajik | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Tacikistan / Таджикистан | Tacikistan |
| Welsh | cym | Tajicistan | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Taĝikistano, Taĝikio | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Tadžikistan / Tadzhikistan | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Tadj·iquistan | same as written |
| Gagauz | gag | Tacikistan / Таӂикистан | Tacikistan |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Taidigeastàn | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Táidsíceastáin | same as written |
| Galician | glg | Taxiquistán | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Tajikistaan | same as written |
| Upper Sorbian | hsb | Tadźikistan | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Tádzsikisztán | same as written |
| Karakalpak | kaa | Taʻjikstan / Тәжикстан | Taʻjikstan |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Tacîkistan | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Tadzikistania, Tadicia | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Tadžikistāna | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Tazikistáni | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Tadžikistanas, Tadžikija | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Tadžikistans | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Tazikistana | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Taġikistan | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Tadjikistan / Таӂикистан | Tadjikistan |
| Malay | msa | Tajikistan / تاجيكستان | Tajikistan |
| Nahuatl | nah | Tayictlālpan | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Tagiqùie | same as written |
| Occitan | oci | Tatgiquistan, Tadjiquistan | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Tadjiquistão, Tajiquistão | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Tayiksuyu, Tayikistan | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Tajikistan / ताजिकिस्तान | Tajikistan |
| Romansh | roh | Tadschikistan | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Tagikistàn | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Tagxikia / Таджикиа, Tagxikzem / Таджикзем | Tagxikia, Tagxikzem |
| Northern Sami | sme | Tažikistan | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Tadžikistans, Tadžikėjė | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Taikisitana | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Tayikistán | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Taxhikistani | same as written |
| Sardinian | srd | Tajikistàn | same as written |
| Saterland Frisian | stq | Tadshikistan | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Tadžykistan | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Tajikistaun | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Tadyikistan | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | Tasikisitani | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Täjigistan / Тәжигистан | Täjigistan |
| Turkish | tur | Tacikistan | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Tojikiston / Тожикистон / تاجىكىستان | Tojikiston |
| Vietnamese | vie | Tát-gi-ki-xtan | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Tacikän | same as written |
| Võro | vor | Tadsikistan | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Taajikistaan, Tajikistaan | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Tacikıstan | same as written |
| Gothic | got | 𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌶𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 | Tadzikistan |
| Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Chuvash, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Meadow Mari, Ossetian, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abk / abq / alt / bul / chv / kjh / kom / krc / kum / mhr / oss / rus / tyv / udm / xal | Таджикистан | Tadžikistan |
| Avar | ava | Тӏажикистан | Ṭažikistan |
| Bashkir | bak | Тажикстан / Tajikstan | Tajikstan |
| Belarusian | bel | Таджыкістан / Tadžykistan | Tadžykistan |
| Chechen | che | Таджикистан / Tadƶikistan | Tadƶikistan |
| Kazakh | kaz | Тәжікстан / تاجىكستان / Täjikstan | Täjikstan |
| Kabardian | kbd | Таджикстэн | Tadžikstăn |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Тажикстан / تاجىكستان / Tacikstan | Tacikstan |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Т’ащикьстан / T’acîkistan, Т’ащикистан / T’acîkîstan | T’acîkistan, T’acîkîstan |
| Lak | lbe | Таджикӏисттан | Tadžiḳisttan |
| Lezgi | lez | Тажикистан | Tažikistan |
| Macedonian | mkd | Таџикистан | Tadžikistan |
| Mongolian | mon | Тажикистан | Taǰikistan |
| Rusyn | rue | Таджікістан | Tadžikistan |
| Yakut | sah | Тадьикистан | Tad'ikistan |
| Serbian | srp | Таџикистан / Tadžikistan | Tadžikistan |
| Tatar | tat | Таҗикстан / Tacikstan / تاجىكستان | Tacikstan |
| Tajik | tgk | Тоҷикистон / تاجیکستان / Toçikiston | Toçikiston |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Таджикистан | Tadžykystan |
| Arabic | ara | طاجيكستان, تاجيكستان | Ṭāǧīkistān, Tāǧīkistān |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | تاجیکیستان / Tacikistan | Tacikistan |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | تاجیکستان / Tacîkistan | Tacîkistan |
| Persian | fas | تاجیکستان / Tâjikestân | Tâjikestân |
| Western Punjabi, Pashto, Urdu | pnb / pus / urd | تاجکستان | Tājikistān |
| Dari | prs | تاجکستان | Tājekestān |
| Uyghur | uig | تاجىكىستان / Tajikistan / Таҗикистан | Tajikistan |
| Dhivehi | div | ތަޖިކިސްތާން | Tajikistān |
| Hebrew | heb | טג׳יקיסטן, טג׳יקיסטאן, טאג׳יקיסטאן | Ṭajīqīsṭan, Ṭajīqīsṭān, Ṭājīqīsṭān |
| Ladino | lad | טאגﬞיקיסטאן / Tadjikistan | Tadjikistan |
| Yiddish | yid | טאַדזשיקיסטאַן | Tadžikistan |
| Amharic | amh | ታጂኪስታን | Tajikistan |
| Greek | ell | Τατζικιστάν, Ταντζικιστάν | Tatzikistán, Tantzikistán |
| Armenian | hye | Տաջիկստան, Տաճիկստան, Տաջիկիստան | Taǰikstan, Tačikstan, Taǰikistan |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ტაჯიკეთი | Taǰikeṭi |
| Laz | lzz | ტაჯიკისტანი / T’acik’ist’ani | T’acik’ist’ani |
| Hindi | hin | ताजिकिस्तान, तजाकिस्तान | Tājikistan, Tajākistān |
| Bengali | ben | তাজিকিস্তান, তাজিকস্তান | Tājikistān, Tājikstān |
| Gujarati | guj | તાજિકિસ્તાન | Tājikistān |
| Odia | ori | ତାଜିକିସ୍ତାନ | Tājikistān |
| Punjabi | pan | ਤਜਾਕਸਤਾਨ | Tajākstān |
| Sinhala | sin | ටජිකිස්තානය | Ṭajikistānaya |
| Kannada | kan | ತಜಿಕಿಸ್ತಾನ್ | Tajikistān |
| Malayalam | mal | താജിക്കിസ്ഥാൻ, തജികിസ്ഥാൻ | Tājikkistʰān, Tajikistʰān |
| Tamil | tam | தாஜிக்ஸ்தான், தாஜிகிஸ்தான் | Tājikstāṉ, Tājikistāṉ |
| Telugu | tel | తజికిస్తాన్ | Tajikistān |
| Chinese | zho | 塔吉克斯坦 | Tǎjíkèsītǎn |
| Japanese | jpn | タジキスタン | Tajikisutan |
| Korean | kor | 타지키스탄 | Tajikiseutan |
| Tibetan | bod | ཐ་ཇི་ཁེ་སི་ཏན། | Tʰa.ji.kʰe.si.tan |
| Dzongkha | dzo | ཏ་ཇག་ཀིསི་ཏཱན། | Ta.jag.kisi.tān |
| Burmese | mya | တာဂျစ်ကစ္စတန် | Tajiʿkiʿstã |
| Thai | tha | ทาจิกิสถาน | Tʰāčikittʰān |
| Lao | lao | ຕັກຊີກິສະຖານ | Tâksīkisatʰān |
| Khmer | khm | តាដហ្ស៊ីគីស្តង់, តាហ្ស៊ីគីស្តង់ | Tādhsīkīstăṅ, Tāhsīkīstăṅ |
German and Esperanto list a shorter form beside the -stan name, Tadschikien and Taĝikio. Finnish gives Tadžikistan with Tadzhikistan as a variant.
Toçikiston in three scripts
Tajik is a form of Persian written in Cyrillic, and the list gives every name three times: in Cyrillic, in the Persian script that Tajik used before the Soviet period, and in Latin letters. Тоҷикистон, تاجیکستان and Toçikiston are the same word; the state is Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the adjective тоҷикӣ.
Other languages agree on the -stan ending and differ on how to write the sound at the start of the second syllable. English and Indonesian have j, French and Breton dj in Tadjikistan, Croatian, Estonian and Slovak dž in Tadžikistan, Danish and Norwegian dsj, Dutch and Swedish dzj, German dsch in Tadschikistan, Polish dż and Hungarian dzs in Tádzsikisztán. Italian writes Tagikistan, Galician Taxiquistán and Asturian Tayiquistán.
Dushanbe, Душанбе in Tajik and دوشنبه in Persian script, is the Persian word for Monday. Its exonyms follow the same spelling patterns: Duschanbe in German, Dusjanbe in Danish, Douchanbé in French, Duszanbe in Polish.
Dushanbe in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Irish | eng / gle | Dushanbe | same as written |
| Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Croatian, Latvian, Slovak, Slovenian | ces / est / fin / hrv / lav / slk / slv | Dušanbe | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Limburgish, Dutch | afr / lim / nld | Doesjanbe | same as written |
| Danish, Norwegian, Swedish | dan / nor / swe | Dusjanbe | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Duschanbe | same as written |
| Romanian, Zazaki | ron / zza | Duşanbe | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Duxanbe | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Düşənbə / Дүшәнбә | Düşənbə |
| Bosnian | bos | Dušanbe / Душанбе / دۆشانبە | Dušanbe |
| Breton | bre | Duchanbe | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | Duixanbe | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Duŝanbeo | same as written |
| French | fra | Douchanbé | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Dusanbe | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Dúsanbe | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Duşembe | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Dušanbė | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Dușanbe / Душанбе | Dușanbe |
| Malay | msa | Dushanbe / دوشانبي | Dushanbe |
| Polish | pol | Duszanbe | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Duchambe, Duchambé | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Dusxanbe / Душанбе | Dusxanbe |
| Samogitian | smg | Došanbė | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Dusambé, Dushanbé | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Duxambé | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Duşanbe / Душанбе, Duşenbe / Душенбе | Duşanbe, Duşenbe |
| Turkish | tur | Duşanbe, Düşenbe | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Dushanbe / Душанбе / دۇشەنبې | Dushanbe |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian | bul / mon / rus / ukr | Душанбе | Dušanbe |
| Bashkir | bak | Дүшәнбе / Düşänbe | Düşänbe |
| Belarusian | bel | Душанбе / Dušanbie, Душанбэ / Dušanbe | Dušanbie, Dušanbe |
| Chechen | che | Душамбе / Duşambe | Duşambe |
| Chuvash | chv | Душамбе | Dušambe |
| Kazakh | kaz | Душанбе / دۋشانبە / Dwşanbe | Dwşanbe |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Дүйшөмбү / دۉيشۅمبۉ / Düyşömbü | Düyşömbü |
| Lak | lbe | Дюшембе | Düšembe |
| Serbian | srp | Душанбе / Dušanbe | Dušanbe |
| Tatar | tat | Дүшәмбе / Düşämbe / دۈشەمبې | Düşämbe |
| Tajik | tgk | Душанбе / دوشنبه / Duşanbe | Duşanbe |
| Arabic | ara | دوشانبي, دوشنبي, دوشنبة | Dūšānbī, Dūšanbī, Dūšanbâ |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | دوشنبه / Düşənbə | Düşənbə |
| Persian | fas | دوشنبه / Došanbe | Došanbe |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | دوشانبے | Dūšānbe |
| Pashto | pus | دوشنبه, دوشنبې | Dūšanbâ, Dūšanbe |
| Uyghur | uig | دۈشەنبە / Düshenbe / Дүшәнбә | Düshenbe |
| Urdu | urd | دوشنبے | Dūšanbe |
| Hebrew | heb | דושנבה, דושאנבה | Dūšanbeh, Dūšānbeh |
| Yiddish | yid | דושאַנבע | Dušanbe |
| Amharic | amh | ዱሻንቤ | Dušanbe |
| Greek | ell | Ντουσανμπέ, Ντουσάνμπε, Ντουσαμπέ | Ntoysanmpé, Ntoysámpe, Ntoysampé |
| Armenian | hye | Դուշանբե | Doušanbe |
| Georgian | kat | დუშანბე | Dušanbe |
| Hindi | hin | दुशांबे, दुशम्बे | Dušāṃbe, Dušanbe |
| Marathi | mar | दुशान्बे | Duŝānbe |
| Nepali | nep | दुशान्बे | Dušānbe |
| Bengali | ben | দুশান্বে, দুসানবে | Dušānbe, Dusānbe |
| Punjabi | pan | ਡੂਸ਼ਾਨਬੀ | Ḍūšānbī |
| Kannada | kan | ದುಶಾಂಬೆ, ದುಶಾನ್ಬೆ | Dušāṃbe, Dušānbe |
| Malayalam | mal | ദുഷാന്ബെ, ദുഷാന്ബേ | Duṣānbe, Duṣānbē |
| Tamil | tam | துஷான்பே, டுஷான்பே | Tušāṉpē, Ṭušāṉpē |
| Telugu | tel | దుషాన్బె | Duṣānbe |
| Chinese | zho | 杜尚別/杜尚别 | Dùshàngbiè |
| Japanese | jpn | ドゥシャンベ | Dushanbe |
| Korean | kor | 두샨베 | Dusyanbe |
| Thai | tha | ดูชานเบ | Dūčʰānbē |
| Khmer | khm | ឌូស្សង់ប៊ី | Dūssăṅbī |
Turkish and Turkmen list two forms, Duşanbe and Düşenbe or Duşenbe; Azerbaijani writes Düşənbə.
Provinces, districts and the capital of Tajikistan
Tajikistan has two provinces (вилоятҳо, vilojatho), the autonomous province of Gorno-Badakhshan, the districts under republic administration around the capital and the city of Dushanbe. Names are given in Cyrillic with the Latin form of the list and in Persian script.
| ISO 3166-2 | Tajik | Tajik (Persian script) | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provinces and city вилоятҳо5 | |||||
| TJ-SU | Вилояти СуғдVilojati Suƣd | ولایت سغد | Sughd | ХуҷандKhujand | |
| TJ-KT | Вилояти ХатлонVilojati Xatlon | ولایت ختلان | Khatlon | БохтарBokhtar | 2018 The centre Qurghonteppa (Қӯрғонтеппа) was renamed Bokhtar on 22 January 2018 |
| TJ-GB | Вилояти Мухтори Кӯҳистони БадахшонVilojati Muxtori Kūhistoni Badaxşon | ولایت مختار کوهستان بدخشان | Gorno-Badakhshan | ХоруғKhorugh | |
| TJ-RA | Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣNohijahoji tobeji çumhurī | ناحیههای تابع جمهوری | Districts under republic administration | ДушанбеDushanbe | 2016 Added to ISO 3166-2 on 15 November 2016 |
| TJ-DU | Шаҳри ДушанбеŞahri Duşanbe | شهر دوشنبه | Dushanbe | ДушанбеDushanbe | 2014 Added to ISO 3166-2 as capital territory on 3 November 2014 |
Codes and change history: ISO 3166-2:TJ on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:TJ, checked 28 October 2026. Renaming of Qurghonteppa: Wikipedia, Bokhtar, citing the President of Tajikistan, checked 28 October 2026.
New codes and a new name
ISO 3166-2 has grown around the capital. Dushanbe received its own code TJ-DU in November 2014, and the districts under republic administration, governed directly from the capital, followed as TJ-RA in November 2016. One provincial centre has a new name: Qurghonteppa in Khatlon has been Bokhtar since 22 January 2018. The national anthem, Суруди миллӣ, is sung in Tajik.
Ten large towns of Tajikistan in three scripts
Ten large towns in descending order of population, as ranked when the list was compiled, in Cyrillic, Persian script and Latin. Qurghonteppa has been called Bokhtar since 2018.
- Душанбе / دوشنبه / Duşanbe
- Хуҷанд / خجند / Xuçand
- Кӯлоб / کولاب / Kūlob
- Қӯрғонтеппа / قورغانتپه / Qūrƣonteppa
- Истаравшан / استروشن / Istaravşan
- Конибодом / کانبادام / Konibodom
- Кофарниҳон / کافرنهان / Kofarnihon
- Турсунзода / تورسونزاده / Tursunzoda
- Исфара / اسفره / Isfara
- Панҷакент / پنجکنت / Pançakent
Questions about the names and provinces of Tajikistan
How do you write Tajikistan in Tajik?
Тоҷикистон in Cyrillic, تاجیکستان in Persian script. The official name is Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон.
What does Dushanbe mean?
Monday in Persian. The Tajik spelling is Душанбе.
What are the subdivisions of Tajikistan?
Sughd and Khatlon provinces, the autonomous province of Gorno-Badakhshan, the districts under republic administration and the city of Dushanbe.