name
Meaning 1
Any of various languages of these peoples.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Ostyak
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noun
Meaning 2
A member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 3
a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Khanty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Ugric, Ugrian
noun
Meaning 4
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: Khanty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Russian
History
Etymology
From Russian остя́к (ostják, “Easterner”), from Eastern Khanty Ас ях (As jah, “people of the river Ob”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ostjakki — Translations
- German: Ostjake — Translations
- German: Ostjakin — Translations
- Ket: Остык (Òstɨk) — Translations
- Polish: Ostiak — Translations
- Polish: Ostiaczka — Translations
- Russian: остя́к (ostják) — Translations