TheMilitary ranks of Tajikistan are the military insignia used by theArmed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan. Being a former member ofSoviet Union, Tajikistan shares a rank structure similar to that ofRussia. Tajikistan is alandlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy.
The rank insignia ofcommissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tajik Ground Forces[1] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Tajik Air Force[1] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
The rank insignia ofnon-commissioned officers andenlisted personnel.
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tajik Ground Forces[1] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Прапоршики калон Praporshiki kalon | Прапоршик Praporshik | Старшина Starshyna | Сержанти калон Serzhanti kalon | Сержант Serzhant | Сержанти хурд Serzhanti xurd | Ефрейтор Efreytor | Қаторӣ Qatorī | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tajik Air Force[1] |  | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Прапоршики калон Praporshiki kalon | Прапоршик Praporshik | Старшина Starshyna | Сержанти калон Serzhanti kalon | Сержант Serzhant | Сержанти хурд Serzhanti xurd | Ефрейтор Efreytor | Қаторӣ Qatorī | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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:[2]
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:[2]
The proposed system of Tajik military ranks sent to the National Security Council of Tajikistan.[2]