Aryan
In reference to a pseudoscientific historical race theoryIn reference to a pseudoscientific historical race theory: A person of Caucasian (white / Northern European) ethnicity; A white non-Jew, in the broadest sense, or more narrowly defined as people of Germanic descent.
Meaning
6 sensesIn reference to a pseudoscientific historical race theory:
(informal)A person of Caucasian (white / Northern European) ethnicity; A white non-Jew, in the broadest sense, or more narrowly defined as people of Germanic descent.
(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)
(US, broadly, euphemistic, informal)A Caucasian racist, often one who is an Aryan in the first sense.
Arier, Arierin
ари́ецaríjec, ари́йкаaríjka
арі́єцьaríjecʹ, арі́йкаaríjka
(broadly, dated)An Indo-European, a Proto-Indo-European.
Arier
ари́ецaríjec, ари́йкаaríjka
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
(dated)A subdivision of the Caucasian racial and linguistic grouping, when that grouping is defined as consisting of Aryans, Semites, and Hamites.
Arier, Arierin
ари́ецaríjec, ари́йкаaríjka
(dated, historical)Synonym of Indo-Iranian (“member of any peoples speaking an Indo-Iranian language.”)
Arier
ари́ецaríjec, ари́йкаaríjka
Synonym of Indo-Iranian (“member of any peoples speaking an Indo-Iranian language.”)
(broadly, dated, historical)An Indo-Aryan.
Examples
7 sentencesHindustani is an Indo-Aryan language.
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language.
Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language.
I love Indo-Aryan languages.
Marathi is the name of an important Indo-Aryan language spoken in western and central India.
Translations
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Origin
Originally from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble; noble one”) and + -n. The Sanskrit word is aOriginally from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble; noble one”) and + -n. The Sanskrit word is an autonym originally from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (see there for more). Borrowed into English in the 19th century, at first as a term for the Indo-Iranian languages, and later partly extended to the Indo-European languages and peoples following a theory by Friedrich Schlegel that connected the Indo-Iranian words arya/ā́rya with German Ehre (“honor”) and some older Germanic names, thus assuming that it was the original Indo-European autonym meaning "the honorable people". The original meaning of the Indo-Iranian autonym and its possible Indo-European origin/cognates are disputed (see the Wikipedia article for further details).
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Forms
plural: AryansSynonyms
2 synonyms- a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European:Indo-European