Ostyak

(ästē ak′)

noun

  1. a member of a Finno-Ugric people living in W Siberia
  2. the Ugric language of this people

See Ostyak in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Os·ti·ak

noun
  1. A member of a Finno-Ugric people inhabiting western Siberia.
  2. The Ugric language of this people.

Origin:

Origin: Russian

Origin: , from Ostyak āsyakh

Origin: , pl. of āskho, person from the Ob River

Origin: , from Ās, the Ob River

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