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Aryan

Aryan (/ˈɛəriən/), or Arya (borrowed from Sanskrit ārya), is a term originating from the ethno-cultural self-designation of the Indo-Iranians. It stood in contrast to nearby outsiders, whom they designated as non-Aryan (*an-āryā). In ancient India, the term was used by the Indo-Aryan peoples of the Vedic period both as an endonym and in reference to a…

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related to Further reading · 76
Aryan → Alex, Alex Tickell, Alternative Indias, Arvidsson, Aryas, Aryavarta, Aryens, Asie Centrale, Bronkhorst, Bruce, Changes Worldwide, Chicago Press, Communalism, Department, Deshpande, Dzoj, Early Indian Fiction, Edelman, English, Evidence
related to 19th and early 20th century · 36
Aryan → Accordingly, Adolphe Pictet, Ancient Greek, Anquetil-Duperron, Arianes, Arier, Arya, Aryans, Aryens, Avestan, Brahmans, Christian Lassen, During, English, First, Friedrich Schlegel, Indo-European, Indo-Europeans, Indo-Iranian, Iranian
related to Prehistoric Proto-Indo-Iranians · 32
Aryan → Airem, Airyaman, Anarya, Ariomanus, Arya, Arya-spirited, Aryaman, Aryanhood, Aryanness, Aryas, Avestan, BCE, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Eurasian, Finno-Permic, Gaulish, If, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranians, Irish
related to Indo-Iranian · 24
Aryan → According, Anthony, Arya, Aryas, Avesta, Avestan, BCE, Buddha, By, David, If, In Old Iranian, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, It, Old Persian, Proto-Indo-Iranian, Rigveda, The, The Sanskrit
related to Proto-Indo-European · 24
Aryan → Adolphe Pictet, Anatolian, Avestan, Celtic, Early PIE, Gaulish, Germanic, Hittite, However, In, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Late PIE, Lycian, Old Indo-Aryan, Old Irish, Old Persian, PIE, Proto-Indo-European
related to English and European languages · 22
Aryan → Anquetil-Duperron's, Arian, Arier, Arya, Aryens, Avestan, During, European, French Indologist Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, German Arier, Greek, In Germany, Indian Laws, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iran, Johann Friedrich Kleuker's, Manu, The, The English Aryan
see also · 14
Aryan → Achaemenid, Aria, Aryan Society, Aryans, Eranshahr, Graeco-AryanŠahrestānīhā, Indian Hindu, Land/Empire, Noble, Parthian EmpiresArya Samaj, Sasanian Empire, Seleucid, Terms Eran, Yamnaya
related to Contemporary scholarship · 13
Aryan → Aryanist, Aryānām, However, In, Indic, Indo-Aryan, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Nuristani, Old Persian, Proto-Aryan, Proto-Indo-European, The

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term racial iranian used aryans also india indo-aryan language ancient indo-iranian race cultural indian old century modern iran vedic 'aryan

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the 'glory of the airyasinstance ofThe term can also be found in poetic expressions0.80text
the Parthian Aryinstance ofDarius at BehistunFull figure of Darius trampling rival GaumataHead of Darius with crenellated crownThe self-identifier was inherited in ethnic names0.80text
the Pannavanasuttainstance ofin Jain texts0.80text
Aaryaninstance ofincluding derivatives0.80text
Aryainstance ofincluding derivatives0.80text
Ariyan or Ariainstance ofincluding derivatives0.80text
Johann Gottfried Herderinstance ofthinkers0.80text
Lazarus Geigerinstance ofThis 'northern thesis' found growing support among German anthropologists and linguists0.80text
Theodor Poescheinstance ofThis 'northern thesis' found growing support among German anthropologists and linguists0.80text
Ludwig Wilserinstance ofThis 'northern thesis' found growing support among German anthropologists and linguists0.80text
Karl Penkainstance ofThis 'northern thesis' found growing support among German anthropologists and linguists0.80text
and Gustaf Kossinnainstance ofThis 'northern thesis' found growing support among German anthropologists and linguists0.80text

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