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Ostyak

Ostyak noun: a member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people.

Noun

Ostyak (plural Ostyaks)

  1. (archaic) A member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people.
    • The Ostiacks blister their skin by a fungus found on Birch-trees; and use the Agaricus officin. for Soap.1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 36

Proper noun

Ostyak

  1. (archaic) Any of various languages of these peoples.

Forms of Ostyak

pluralOstyaks

Origin of Ostyak

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

Words formed from Ostyak

Questions about Ostyak

What does Ostyak mean?
Ostyak means a member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people.
What part of speech is Ostyak?
Ostyak can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Ostyak?
The plural of Ostyak is Ostyaks.

Words near Ostyak in the dictionary

  1. osturducken
  2. osturduckens
  3. Ostwald
  4. Ostwald ripening
  5. Ostwaldian
  6. Ostyak
  7. Ostyaks
  8. Ostúa
  9. OSU
  10. Osuch
  11. Osuchs

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