1. a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals); [syn: Ostyak, Khanty]
2. a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak; [syn: Khanty, Ostyak]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ostyak
n 1: a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in
northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals) [syn: Ostyak,
Khanty]
2: a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak
[syn: Khanty, Ostyak]