Ostiak

[ os-tee-ak ]
/ ˈɒs tiˌæk /

noun

Ostyak.

Definition for ostiak (2 of 2)

Ostyak

or Os·ti·ak

[ os-tee-ak ]
/ ˈɒs tiˌæk /

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

Khanty.

Origin of Ostyak

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

Example sentences from the Web for ostiak

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

    Opuscula |Robert Gordon Latham

  • Iermak appointed Alatscha, an Ostiak prince, as chief of the tribes of the Obi.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20 |Various

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for ostiak

Ostyak
/ (ˈɒstɪˌæk) /

noun

plural -aks or -ak a member of an Ugrian people living in NW Siberia E of the Urals
the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family: related to Hungarian