Aryan

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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
    • Aryan Nation
    • Aryan Brotherhood
  • a concept of "nobility" or "piety" in Hinduism, see Arya
    • as an Indian and Persian given name, see Aria (name)
      • Aryan Khan (Afghan actor)
      • Aryan Vaid
      • Arya Ambekar
    • 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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