Ostyak

English

Etymology

Russian Остя́к (Ostják, Easterner), from Khanty āsjaχ (people of the river Ob).

Noun

Ostyak (plural Ostyaks)

  1. (now rare) A member of any of several indigenous peoples in Siberia, Russia, including the Khanty people and the Ket people. [from 17th c.]
    • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 36:
      The Ostiacks blister their skin by a fungus found on Birch-trees; and use the Agaricus officin. for Soap.

Proper noun

Ostyak

  1. (now rare) Any of various languages of these peoples. [from 19th c.]

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