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Khanty
[ kahn-tee, khahn- ]
noun
, plural Khan·ties, (especially collectively) Khan·ty
- a member of a Uralic people now living in scattered settlements along the river Ob and its tributaries in Siberia, and known from historical records to have lived in northern European Russia.
- the Ugric language of the Khanty, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Khanty1
< Russian khánty (not declined) < Khanty xantə, qantə
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