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ostyak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ostyak
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people.

Archaic

name

Any of various languages of these peoples.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: остя́к

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ostyaks (plural)

Phrases

Yenisei-Ostyak

Synonyms

khanty ostyak language khanty language

Questions

What does ostyak mean?
A member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people.
Where does ostyak come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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