Aryan
adj.
of or pertaining to a people who spoke Indo-European languages; of or pertaining to the Aryans
n.
member of or descended from a people who spoke Indo-European languages; non-Jewish Caucasian (according to Nazi doctrine)
Aryan
For Hindu, Zoroastrian, and other spiritual interpretations, see
Arya. For the Bollywood film, see
Aryan (film). For the Indian child actor, see
Aryan Khan.Aryan is an English language word derived from
Sanskrit and
Avestan term meaning "noble" or "spiritual". It is widely held to have been used as an ethnic self-designation of the
Proto-Indo-Iranians. Since, in the
19th century, the Indo-Iranians were the most ancient known speakers of Indo-European languages, the word Aryan was adopted to refer not only to the Indo-Iranian people, but also to Indo-European speakers as a whole.
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Aryan
Noun
1. (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)
(hypernym) White, white person, Caucasian
2. a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
(synonym) Indo-European
(hypernym) primitive, primitive person
Adjective
1. of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-European migrations"
(synonym) Indo-European, Indo-Aryan
(pertainym) Aryan, Indo-European
arya
n.
(Music) aria, melody
Aryan
(n.)
The language of the original Aryans.
(n.)
One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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