Ostyak

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people. archaic

    "The Ostiacks blister their skin by a fungus found on Birch-trees; and use the Agaricus officin. for Soap."

  2. 2
    a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals) wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various languages of these peoples. archaic

Synonyms

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englishkhantykhantykhanty languagelanguageostyak language

Example

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"The Ostiacks blister their skin by a fungus found on Birch-trees; and use the Agaricus officin. for Soap."

Etymology

From Russian остя́к (ostják, “Easterner”), from Eastern Khanty Ас ях (As jah, “people of the river Ob”).

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Yenisei-Ostyak

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