The Military ranks of Tajikistan are the military insignia used by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan. Being a former member of Soviet Union, Tajikistan shares a rank structure similar to that of Russia. Tajikistan is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy.
Commissioned officer ranks The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
Other ranks The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
Name change Guided by the principles of historicism, continuity, unification and standardization of military terminology between Persian-speaking states, the Committee on Language and Terminology, in 2018, invited the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan to adopt the names of formations from the Iranian Armed Forces and restore the historical names of military units.
Based on the fact that in the Persian-Tajik language military ranks traditionally come from the names of units and formations, the following military rank system for the Tajik Armed Forces was proposed:
+Proposed Tajik names of military units and ranksUnitsmeaning and etymologyRanksmeaning and etymologyEnglishnamesTajiknamesBritish ArmyProposed Tajik Private Hayyim, Sulayman. New Persian-English dictionary, complete and modern, designed to give the English meanings of over 50,000 words, terms, idioms, and proverbs in the Persian language, as well as the transliteration of the words in English characters. Together with a sufficient treatment of all the grammatical features of the Persian Language. [Teheran, Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, 1934-1936. (from "head" + bāz "to lose, to let go") Lance corporal < (from "combat" < "formation" < "order of battle" + < "assistant, deputy" Squad (from < "formation" < "order of battle" Hasandūst, Muhammad. An Etymological Dictionary of Persian Language. Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, 1393. ISBN 978-600-6143-57-6.) Corporal (from razm + "to lead" < "leader" < √*bar- "to lead") Sergeant (from razm + < < < Proto-Iranic *dārai̯a- "to hold") Staff Sergeant (from razm + "to equip (army), to arrange; put in order" < < √*rād-) Sergeant First Class (from razm + "to measure, to test" < < < √*māy- ) Warrant officer class 2 (from razm + "to prepare, to arrange" < < √*tak- "to run; to attack") Warrant officer class 1 (from razm + < "to make, to prepare, to arrange" < < √*sak- "to be ready, to be able") Platoon is a Middle Persian term (from "force" < < √*tak-) denoting military units originally consisting of 50 — 100 men in the Parthian and Sasanian armies Third lieutenant (from tahma + "to lead" < "leader" < √*bar- "to lead") Second lieutenant is a Parthian term (from ancient greek tagma + in the Parthian army), which probable is a calque from the Ταγματάρχης which means "commander of a tagma"Лившиц В. А. Парфянская ономастика. – СПб.: - Петербургское лингвистическое общество, 2010. – 400 с., ил. – (Азиатика). ISBN 978-5-4318-0006-1. First lieutenant (from tahma + < < "keeper, guard" < *√pā- "to protect") Company is a Middle Persian term (from meaning one hundred) denoting military units originally consisting of 100 men in the Parthian and Sasanian armies Captain (from "head, chief" + 'company' < 'one hundred') Battalion Алиев Г. Г. Персидско-русский и русско-персидский военный словарь. Москва: Воениздат, 1972. (plural of "hero" < < Proto-Iranic vr̥ta- < √*vr̥t- : *vart- "to protect; to resist") Major (from "head, chief" + "commander of a group of troops") Lieutenant colonel (from "colonel" + -yār "assistant, deputy") Regiment (from "strength, power" < "to draw; to pull") Colonel (from < sar + hang "commander of the regiment") Brigade is a Parthian term (from "army, troop")) denoting a major tactical military formation in the Parthian and Sasanian armies Brigadier general is a Parthian term (from "army, troop" + "general" < < "leader") denoting a commander of major tactical military formation in the Parthian and Sasanian armies Division (from < "guardian" < Proto-Iranic *raxš- + *kar- "guard") Major general (from "division" + "general") Corps (from < < Proto-Iranic *spāda- «army») Lieutenant general (from "commander-in chief of an army") Army (from "warriorhood" < "warrior" < "a charioteer") General (from "chief of the warriors")
The proposed system of Tajik military ranks sent to the National Security Council of Tajikistan.
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