Aryan
In reference to a pseudoscientific historical race theoryIn reference to a pseudoscientific historical race theory: Pertaining, in racial theories, to the (alleged) Aryan master race.
Meaning
5 sensesIn reference to a pseudoscientific historical race theory:
Pertaining, in racial theories, to the (alleged) Aryan master race.
arisch
ари́йскийaríjskij
арі́йськийaríjsʹkyj
(informal)Pertaining to the Caucasian ethnicity.
arisch
(US, euphemistic, informal)Pertaining to Caucasian racists or their organisations, theories, etc.
(dated)Of or pertaining to Indo-European peoples, cultures and languages.
arisch
of or relating to the former Indo-European people
(dated)Of or pertaining to Indo-Iranian peoples, cultures, and languages.
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
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
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).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
more Aryan, most Aryan| Comparative | more Aryan Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most Aryan Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- of or relating to the former Indo-European people:Indo-EuropeanIndo-Aryan
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.