Khanty

[kahn-tee, khahn-]

Khan·ty

[kahn-tee, khahn-]
noun, plural Khan·ties, (especially collectively) Khan·ty for 1.
1.
a member of a Uralic people now living in scattered settlements along the river Ob and its tributaries in Siberia, and known from historical records to have lived in northern European Russia.
2.
the Ugric language of the Khanty, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.
Also called Ostyak.


Origin:
< Russian khánty (not declined) < Khanty xantə, qantə
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Khanty is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
WordNet
khanty

noun
1. a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals) [syn: Ostyak
2. a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak 
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