Otišani () is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.
Name The village in Albanian is known as Hotishani.
Demographics Otišani (Hotishani) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the timar of Hizir Muriqi (possibly, Maziqi or Mazhiqi) in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The village had a total of five households, and the anthroponyms recorded depict a mixed Albanian-Slavic character, for example, among the household heads a certain Gjergj Karlovići is attested.
Otišani (Hotishan) is again recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 37 households with the anthroponymy attested being mixed Slavic-Albanian in character, with a predominance of Slavic names, with the minority of Albanian anthroponyms that appear displaying instances of Slavicisation (e.g., Pejo Gjoni.). Alongside the Christians, 3 Muslim households are also registered.Gjoni, Z. & Përnezha, H. (2011). Dibra në Defterët Osmanë (1467, 1583), f.108. Tiranë: Botime M&B page 327
In the late 20th century, Otišani was inhabited by a Torbeš population. p. 309. "Во западна Македонија исламизирано македонско население живее во неколку географски региони на македонско-албанската пограничје: во областа Река по долината на Радика (Жировница, Видуше, Болетин, Требиште, Велебрдо, Ростуша, Аџиевци, Јанче, Присојница, Скудриње, Горно и Долно Косоврасти, Могорче, Баланци, Мелничани), во Дебарско - во Жупа (Броштица, Бајрамовци, Горенци, Житинени, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник, Рковци) и Голо Брдо (Врмница, Владимирци, Гиновци, Клење, Лешничани, Љуболези, Големо и Мало Острени, Окштун, Отишани,"
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Otišani was inhabited by 263 Albanians.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 530 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 89.
Macedonians 302 Turks 170 Albanians 46 Others 12
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