| English: 'National Anthem' | |
|---|---|
| Суруди Миллӣ | |
 Sheet music | |
National anthem of Tajikistan | |
| Lyrics | Gulnazar Keldiy |
| Music | Sulaymon Yudakov, 1946 |
| Adopted | 7 September 1994 |
| Preceded by | State Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Audio sample | |
Classic vocal recording in A minor | |
"Surudi Milliy" [a] is the national anthem of Tajikistan, officially adopted on 7 September 1994. It is derived from the anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, composed by Sulaymon Yudakov in 1946. [1]
Upon the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Tajikistan retained the Soviet-era regional anthem, lyrics and all, as its national anthem for a time before replacing the lyrics in 1994. [2] This was in contrast to other former Soviet states like Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan that appropriated their old Soviet-era regional anthems as national ones but did so without the Soviet-era lyrics.
The lyrics were written by Gulnazar Keldi, and the music was composed by Sulaymon Yudakov. The melody is the same as that of the Tajik SSR anthem.
| Official text [3] | IPA transcription [b] |
|---|---|
Диёри арҷманди мо, | [dɪ.ˈjɔ.ɾɪ ɐɹd͡ʒ(ʊ).ˈman.dɪ mɔ |] |
| Bukhori alphabet | Roman alphabet |
דיאר ארג׳מנד מא | Diyori arjmandi mo, |
| English translation |
|---|
Our country so beloved, |
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