Ostyak

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Ostyak (plural Ostyaks)

1. (now rare) A member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people. [from 17th c.]
   • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 36:

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

Derived terms

• Yenisei-Ostyak

 

Translations

Translations

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Eastern Khanty: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ostjakki (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Ket: please add this translation if you can
• Komi:

  Komi-Permyak: please add this translation if you can

  Komi-Zyrian: please add this translation if you can

• Nenets:

  Forest Nenets: please add this translation if you can

  Tundra Nenets: please add this translation if you can

• Northern Khanty: please add this translation if you can
• Northern Mansi: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Ostiak m
• Russian: остя́к (ru) m (ostják)
• Selkup

  Northern Selkup: please add this translation if you can

  Southern Selkup: please add this translation if you can

• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Proper noun

Ostyak

1. (now rare) Any of various languages of these peoples. [from 19th c.]

Anagrams

• Yatsko, tokays