ostyak
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Definition of ostyak
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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.”
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noun
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(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.”
name
- (archaic)Any of various languages of these peoples.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Russian остя́к (ostják, “Easterner”), from Eastern Khanty Ас ях (As jah, “people of the river Ob”).
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