Standard Lemma guide

Khanty

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

related to Khanty people or their language

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Ob-Ugric language spoken by these people, now more often considered a group of closely related languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of an indigenous ethnic group living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ostyak

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Ugric, Ugrian

5

noun

Meaning 5

a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ostyak

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Russian

History

Etymology

From Northern Khanty хӑнты (hănty, “Khanty person; Khanty (adj.)”), Southern Khanty хӑнтӛ (hăntjə, “Khanty person; man”), Eastern Khanty кӑнтӛг яг (kăntjəg jag, “Khanty people”), presumably from Proto-Uralic *kunta (“clan, kin, community”).

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: khante — Translations
  • Eastern Khanty: ӄӑнтәк (ḳăntək) — Translations
  • Polish: chantyjski — Translations
  • Russian: ханты́йский (xantýjskij) — Translations
  • Armenian: խանտիերեն (xantieren) — language
  • Catalan: ostiac — language
  • Catalan: ostiak — language
  • Catalan: khanti — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢特語 /汉特语 — language
  • Finnish: hanti — language
  • French: khanty — language
  • German: Chantisch — language
  • Hungarian: hanti — language
  • Hungarian: osztják — language
  • Japanese: ハンティ語 — language
  • Northern Khanty: хӑнты (hănty) — language
  • Komi-Zyrian: ханты кыв (xanty kyv) — language
  • Polish: język chantyjski — language
  • Russian: ханты́йский (xantýjskij) — language
  • Swedish: chantiska — language
  • Ukrainian: ханти́йська (xantýjsʹka) — language
  • Catalan: khantis — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢特人 /汉特人 — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Finnish: hanti — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • French: Khantys — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • French: Khantes — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • German: Chanten — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Hungarian: hanti — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Japanese: ハンティ人 — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Karelian: hanti — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Kazakh: ханты (xanty) — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Eastern Khanty: ӄӑнтаӄ (ḳăntaḳ) — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Northern Khanty: хӑнты (hănty) — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Komi-Zyrian: ӧстякъяс (ösťakjas) — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Polish: Chantowie — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Russian: ха́нты (xánty) — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Tatar: ха́нтлар (xántlar) — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Ukrainian: ха́нти (xánty) — ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Armenian: խանտի (xanti) — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Catalan: ostiac — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Catalan: ostiak — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Catalan: khanti — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Finnish: hanti — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • French: khanty — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • German: Chante — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • German: Chantin — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Hungarian: hanti — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Hungarian: osztják — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Northern Khanty: хӑнты (hănty) — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Polish: Chanta — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Polish: Chantyjka — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Russian: хант (xant) — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Russian: ханты́ец (xantýjec) — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Russian: ханты́йка (xantýjka) — member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak