Aryan
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈɛəriən/
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- The word Iran comes from the word "Aryan," meaning the 'land of the Aryans.'
- Indo-Aryan
Examples
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They had even proclaimed their alignment with Hitler by changing the name of their country from Persia to "Aryan" (or "Iran" in the Farsi language).
Blog text (10) -
The word "Iran" is a cognate of "Aryan;" these words were used by that branch of the Indo-European peoples who migrated southeast before 1000 B.C.
Academic text (2007) -
If you were literate, you would know that even the name "Iran" means "Aryan."
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All right, the Aryans had a population there, but they didn't control the compound.
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The term Aryan refers to the ancient peoples believed to have migrated from Central Asia into India.
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Scholars trace modern European languages back to the Aryan ancestors who spoke Proto-Indo-European.
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The cultural contributions of the Aryan people are significant to understanding the history of Indo-European populations.
Synonyms
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9.4
A person from the ancient people who spoke the early form of many European and Asian languages
Compounds
- Offensive
The belief that people of one race are better than people of other races
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aryan comes from the ancient word arya, which meant 'noble' in old Indian and Persian languages, and was later used by scholars to name people who spoke the early forms of the languages that are the ancestors of many modern European and Indian tongues, so an Aryan is a member of those ancient peoples.