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Khanty

Syllables: Khan·ty

Khanty adjective: related to Khanty people or their language.

Adjective

Khanty (not comparable)

  1. related to Khanty people or their language

Noun

Khanty (plural Khanties or Khantys or Khanty)

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

Proper noun

Khanty

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

Synonyms of Khanty

Forms of Khanty

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Origin of Khanty

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”).

Questions about Khanty

What does Khanty mean?
Khanty means related to Khanty people or their language.
What part of speech is Khanty?
Khanty can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Khanty in the dictionary

  1. khansamas
  2. khanship
  3. khanships
  4. Khantia-Mansia
  5. Khanties
  6. Khanty
  7. Khanty-Mansi
  8. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
  9. Khanty-Mansiysk
  10. Khantys
  11. Khanuka

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