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Ostyak

os·tyak

uncommon archaic

noun

1.

a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Ural mountains)

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Origin

From Russian остя́к (ostják, “Easterner”), from Eastern Khanty Ас ях (As jah, “people of the river Ob”).

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