ðə tˈɜːm ɪz ˈɔfən jˈuːzd tə dᵻskɹˈaɪb ðə pɹˈɑːsɛs baɪ wˌɪtʃ ðɪ ɔːtˈɑːnəməs ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk tˈædʒɪk ˈæsɚ wʌz ɪŋkˈoːɹpɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd wɪðˌɪn ðɪ ˈʊzbɛk sˈoʊviət sˈoʊʃəlˌɪst ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk bᵻtwˌiːn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn, ænd ðɪ ɐtˈɛndənt ɐsˌɪmɪlˈeɪʃən ʌv tˈædʒɪks.
The term is often used to describe the process by which the autonomous republic Tajik ASSR was incorporated within the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic between 1924 and 1929, and the attendant assimilation of Tajiks.