Khanty

English

Etymology

From Northern Khanty хӑнты (hănty, “Khanty person; Khanty (adj.)”), Southern Khanty хӑнтӛ (hăntjə, “Khanty person; man”), Eastern Khanty кӑнтӛг яг (kăntjəg jag, “Khanty people”), presumably from Proto-Uralic *kunta (“clan, kin, community”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Khan‧ty

Adjective

Khanty (not comparable)

  1. related to Khanty people or their language

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Noun

Khanty (plural Khanty)

  1. A member of an indigenous ethnic group living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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  • Note: The first group of translations is for the plural.

Proper noun

Khanty

  1. The Ob-Ugric language spoken by these people, now more often considered a group of closely related languages.

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