Khanty
Khan·tyadjective, noun
Khanty is an adjective meaning “related to Khanty people or their language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-H-A-N-T-Y and has 2 syllables (Khan·ty), and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Khanty mean?
adjective
- 1
related to Khanty people or their language
noun
- 1
A member of an indigenous ethnic group living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Khanty?
Khanty has 2 syllables, split Khan·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Khanty
- Khanties plural
- Khantys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Khanty?
Khanty appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Khanty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | khante , Khantys, Khantes , khanty |
| German | Chanten , Chante, Chantin |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Khanty come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).