Khanty

Khan·ty
K5H4A1N1T1Y4

adjective

related to Khanty people or their language

Similar
OstyakOstyak languageKhanty language
Originkca-nor хӑнты ← kca-sou хӑнтӛ ← kca-eas кӑнтӛг яг →
UncommonScrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveKhanty (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerelated to Khanty people or their language
nounKhanty (plural Khanties or Khantys or Khanty)

plural Khanties · plural Khantys

  1. A member of an indigenous ethnic group living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
proper noun
  1. The Ob-Ugric language spoken by these people, now more often considered a group of closely related languages.

    Synonyms: Ostyak

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
Ostyak

More synonyms by meaning

nouna member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)

Similar
Ostyak
Broader
Russian

nouna Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak

Similar
OstyakOstyak languageKhanty language
Broader
UgricUgrian
Also see
ostyak

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Uralic*kunta“clan, kin, community”
  2. kca-easкӑнтӛг яг“Khanty people”
  3. kca-souхӑнтӛ“Khanty person; man”
  4. kca-norхӑнты“Khanty person; Khanty (adj.)”
  5. EnglishKhanty

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”).

More words from kca-nor, kca-sou, kca-eas

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan khantis, ostiac
  • khantisethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • ostiacmember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • ostiakmember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • khantimember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • ostiaclanguage
  • ostiaklanguage
  • khantilanguage
Chinese Mandarin 漢特人 /汉特人, 漢特語 /汉特语
  • 漢特人 /汉特人ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • 漢特語 /汉特语language
Finnish hanti, hanti
  • hantiethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • hantimember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • hantilanguage
French khante, Khantys
  • khanteTranslations
  • Khantysethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Khantesethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • khantymember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • khantylanguage
German Chanten, Chante
  • Chantenethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Chantemember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Chantinmember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Chantischlanguage
Hungarian hanti, hanti
  • hantiethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • hantimember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • osztjákmember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • hantilanguage
  • osztjáklanguage
Japanese ハンティ人, ハンティ語
  • ハンティ人ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • ハンティ語language
Polish chantyjski, Chantowie
  • chantyjskiTranslations
  • Chantowieethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • Chantamember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • Chantyjkamember of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • język chantyjskilanguage
Russian ханты́йский, ха́нты
  • ханты́йский (xantýjskij)Translations
  • ха́нты (xánty)ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • хант (xant)member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • ханты́ец (xantýjec)member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • ханты́йка (xantýjka)member of an ethnic group — see also Ostyak
  • ханты́йский (xantýjskij)language
Swedish chantiska
  • chantiskalanguage
Ukrainian ха́нти, ханти́йська
  • ха́нти (xánty)ethnic group — see also Ostyaks
  • ханти́йська (xantýjsʹka)language

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

hankty
Cite this entry
APA

Khanty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khanty

MLA

“Khanty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khanty. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Khanty,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khanty.

Source: Khanty on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.