Ostyak

or Os·ti·ak

[ os-tee-ak ]

noun,plural Os·ty·aks, (especially collectively) Os·ty·ak.

Origin of Ostyak

1
1715–25; <Russian ostyák originally a Khanty, later used for the Samoyedic Selkup, the Ket, and certain Mansi groups <Khanty ās-jax, plural of as-xo one living on the Ob, equivalent to Ās the river Ob + xo man

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How to use Ostyak in a sentence

  • The town of Narym in the Ostiak country takes its name from the marshes round it.

    Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
  • We have eighteen Ostiak dogs with us in prime condition, and expect to drag our ship's boat upon sledges.

    A Man's Woman | Frank Norris
  • Iermak appointed Alatscha, an Ostiak prince, as chief of the tribes of the Obi.

British Dictionary definitions for Ostyak

Ostyak

/ (ˈɒstɪˌæk) /


noun
  1. plural -aks or -ak a member of an Ugrian people living in NW Siberia E of the Urals

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family: related to Hungarian

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