arya
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Definition of arya
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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An Indo-Iranian, an Aryan.
“The Aryas gradually spread themselves over the plain of the Ganges. After a time, the whole country between the Himalayas and the Vindhya Mountains was called Aryavarta, the abode of the Aryas.”
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noun
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An Indo-Iranian, an Aryan.
“The Aryas gradually spread themselves over the plain of the Ganges. After a time, the whole country between the Himalayas and the Vindhya Mountains was called Aryavarta, the abode of the Aryas.”
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A follower of Arya Samaj.
“The Brahmos are chiefly in Bengal, the Aryas in the North-West and the Punjab.”
“Above all, he would not tolerate the abominable injustice of the existence of untouchables, and nobody has been a more ardent champion of their outraged rights. They were admitted to the Arya Samaj on a basis of equality; for the Aryas are not a caste. ‘The Aryas are all men of superior principles; and the Dasyus are they who lead a life of wickedness and sin.’”
name
- A male given name from Sanskrit.
- A surname.
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A female given name from Sanskrit.
“Arya Nielsen, a senior clinical faculty member at our Institute, has also demonstrated this in her excellent work on surface stimulation […]”
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A surname.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:Arya.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble, respectable”).
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