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khanty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
Khan-ty
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

related to Khanty people or their language

noun

A member of an indigenous ethnic group living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

name

The Ob-Ugric language spoken by these people, now more often considered a group of closely related languages.

Etymology

From Northern Khanty хӑнты (hănty, “Khanty person; Khanty (adj.)”), Southern Khanty хӑнтӛ (hăntjə, “Khanty person; man”), Eastern Khanty кӑнтӛг яг (kăntjəg jag, “Khanty people”), presumably from Proto-Uralic *kunta (“clan, kin, community”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: хӑнты, хӑнтӛ, кӑнтӛг яг, *kunta

Inflected Forms

Khanties (plural) Khantys (plural)

Synonyms

Ostyak ostyak language khanty language

Questions

What does khanty mean?
related to Khanty people or their language
Where does khanty come from?
From Northern Khanty хӑнты (hănty, “Khanty person; Khanty (adj.)”), Southern Khanty хӑнтӛ (hăntjə, “Khanty person; man”), Eastern Khanty кӑнтӛг яг (kăntjəg jag, “Khanty people”), presumably from Proto-Uralic *kunta (“clan, kin, community”).

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