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Aryan or Arya may refer to:
- Aryan, a term expressing various ethno-linguistic and/or racialist concepts:
- Arya (*ārya-), Old Indic and Old Iranian word from which 'Aryan' (:=Indo-Iranian) derives
- Indo-Iranian, "pertaining to (speakers of) Indo-Iranian languages"
- the prehistorical Proto-Indo-Iranians
- Indo-Aryan, Indian-specific meaning; "pertaining to (speakers of) North-Indian languages"
- Indo-Aryan peoples, people speaking those languages
- substitute spelling for Iranian, meaning specifically "pertaining to (speakers of) Iranian languages"
- Indo-European (dated), "pertaining to the original speakers of Indo-European languages (Proto-Indo-Europeans) and their present day descendents"
- Aryan race (dated), a concept deriving from the linguistic one
- used for Nordic race (dated), a racialist concept developed by Ariosophy and later adopted by the Nazis
- used in reference to the white race in white supremacism in the United States
- a concept of "nobility" or "piety" in Hinduism, see Arya
- as an Indian and Persian given name, see Aria (name)
- Arya Samaj
- Arya (urban-type settlement) (Арья), an urban-type settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
- Arya F.C., an Iranian football club.
- in popular culture
- Aryan (film), a 2006 film.
- Arya (journal), a collection of spiritual and nationalistic writings published by Sri Aurobindo from 1914 to 1921.
- Arya (2004 film), a Tollywood film starring Allu Arjun.
- Arya (2007 film), a 2007 Tamil film starring R. Madhavan and Bhavana.
- Arya 2 (2009)
- Arya (actor), a south Indian actor.
- The Aryan, 1915 film
- Arya Stark, a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series.
- Arya Dröttningu, a character from the Inheritance cycle.
See also
- Aryanization
- Aryan language (disambiguation)
- Aryan religion (disambiguation)
Near-homographic terms, not to be confused:
- Arian (disambiguation), with several meanings, including a former (16th-18th century) spelling of 'Aryan'
- Aria (disambiguation)
- Ari (lion) (Aryeh), an Aramaic given name used in a blessing in the Bible
- Ariane (rocket), a series of space vehicles
- aria "air"
- Ariya Ария, the Russian for aria, name of a band, see Ariya
- Arrian, Greek historian
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