Military ranks of Tajikistan
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. Since 2018, the State Language Committee of Tajikistan operated a working group that sought to replace the Russian military ranks with pure Tajik/Persian terms. An example of this would be the rank of Colonel, which is currently "Полковник/Polkovnik" would be changed to "Сарлашкар/Sarlashkar".[1] Tajikistan is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy.
Commissioned officers[]
The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the ground forces and air force respectively:
Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tajik Ground Forces[2] |
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Генерали артиш Generali artish |
Генерал-полковник General-polkovnik |
Генерал-лейтенант General-leytenant |
Генерал-майор General-mayor |
Полковник Polkovnik |
Подполковник Podpolkovnik |
Майор Mayor |
Капитан Kapitan |
Лейтенанти калон Leytenanti kalon |
Лейтенант Leytenant |
Лейтенанти хурд Leytenanti xurd |
Курсант Kursant
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Tajik Air Force |
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Colonel general | Lieutenant general | Major general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Senior lieutenant | Lieutenant | Junior lieutenant |
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Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
Enlisted[]
The rank insignia for enlisted personnel for the army and air force respectively.
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tajik Ground Forces[2] |
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Прапоршики калон Praporshiki kalon |
Прапоршик Praporshik |
Старшина Starshyna |
Сержанти калон Serzhanti kalon |
Сержант Serzhant |
Сержанти хурд Serzhanti xurd |
Ефрейтор Efreytor |
Қаторӣ Qatorī
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Tajik Air Force |
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Warrant Officer | Master Sergeant | Senior Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Senior Airman | Airman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted |
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 units as follows:[3]
Units | Currently Russian names | Proposed Persian names |
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army corps division brigade regiment battalion company platoon squad fireteam |
армия корпус дивизия бригада полк батальон рота взвод отделение звено |
артиш (artiš) сипоҳ (sipāh) лашкар (laškar) гунд (gund) ҳанг (hang) гурдон (gordān) вашт (wašt) таҳм (tahm) рада (rada) гурӯҳ (gorūh) |
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:[3]
Officers[]
Category | Troop ranks | Currently names | Proposed names | NATO equivalent |
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Supreme officers or general officers | ||||
Army General / General of the Army | Генера́ли артиш (Generáli artish) |
Артишсолор (Artishsālār) |
OF-9 | |
Colonel General / General | Генера́л-полко́вник (Generál-polkóvnik) |
Сипаҳсолор (Sipahsālār) |
OF-8 | |
Lieutenant General | Генера́л-лейтена́нт (Generál-leytenánt) |
Лашкарсолор (Lashkarsālār) |
OF-7 | |
Major General |
Генера́л-майо́р (Generál-mayór) |
Гундсолор (Gundsālār) |
OF-6 | |
Senior officers or field grade officers |
Colonel |
Полко́вник (Polkóvnik) |
Сарҳанг (Sarhang) |
OF-5 |
Lieutenant Colonel |
По��полко́вник (Podpolkóvnik) |
Сарҳангёр (Sarhangyār) |
OF-4 | |
Major |
Майо́р (Mayór) |
Саргурд (Sargord) |
OF-3 | |
Junior officers or company grade officers |
Captain | Капита́н (Kapitán) |
Сарвашт (Sarwasht) |
OF-2 |
Senior Lieutenant / First Lieutenant | Лейтена́нти калон (Leytenánti kalān) |
Таҳморо (Tahmārā) |
OF-1 | |
Lieutenant / Second Lieutenant |
Лейтена́нт (Leytenánt) |
Таҳмдор (Tahmdār) | ||
Junior Lieutenant / Lieutenant Junior Grade |
Лейтена́нти хурд (Leytenánti khord) |
Таҳмовар (Tahmāvar) | ||
Student officers | Officer cadet |
Курсант (Kursant) |
Размомӯз (Razmāmůz) |
OF-(D) |
Non-officer ranks[]
Category | Troop ranks | Currently names | Proposed names | NATO equivalent |
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Praporshik | Senior Ensign / Chief Warrant Officer | Пра́поршики калон (Praporshiki kalān) |
Размсоз (Razmsāz) |
OR-9 |
Ensign / Warrant Officer |
Пра́поршик (Praporshik) |
Размпардоз (Razmpardāz) | ||
Sergeants | Petty Officer / Sergeant First Class |
Старшина́ (Starshina) |
Размозмо (Razmāzmā) |
OR-8 |
Senior Sergeant / Staff Sergeant |
Сержа́нти калон) (Serzhánti kalān) |
Разморо (Razmārā) |
OR-7 | |
Sergeant |
Сержа́нт (Serzhánt) |
Размдор (Razmdār) |
OR-6 | |
Junior Sergeant / Corporal |
Сержа́нти хурд (Serzhánti khord) |
Размовар (Razmāvar) |
OR-5 | |
Soldiers and yefréytors | Gefreiter / Lance Corporal / Private First Class |
Ефре́йтор (Yefréytor) |
Размюз (Razmyuz) |
OR-4 |
Private |
Қаторӣ (Qatārī) |
Сарбоз (Sarbāz) |
OR-1 |
The proposed system of Tajik military ranks sent to the National Security Council of Tajikistan.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Kapitan's Last Stand? Tajik Army Sticks with Russian Terms for Now".
- ^ a b "ҚОНУНИ ҶУМҲУРИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН ДАР БОРАИ ЎҲДАДОРИИ УМУМИИ ҲАРБӢ ВА ХИЗМАТИ ҲАРБӢ". majmilli.tj (in Tajik). The National Assembly of the Republic of Tajikistan. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Nadirov, Bahmanyor (10 November 2018). "Умед Джайхани: В национальной армии и терминология должна быть максимально национальной" (in Russian). Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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