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From Russian остя́к (ostják, “Easterner”), from Eastern Khanty Ас ях (As jah, “people of the river Ob”).
Ostyak (plural Ostyaks)
- (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.
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- Finnish: ostjakki (fi)
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- German: Ostjake m, Ostjakin f
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- Ket: please add this translation if you can
- Komi:
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- Nenets:
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- Northern Khanty: please add this translation if you can
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- Polish: Ostiak m
- Russian: остя́к (ru) m (ostják)
- Selkup
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Ostyak
- (now rare) Any of various languages of these peoples. [from 19th c.]
