Indo-Aryan

[ in-doh-air-ee-uhn, -yuhn, -ar-; -ahr-yuhn ]

noun
  1. a member of any of the peoples speaking an Indic language such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, or Urdu.

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Indo-Aryans or their languages.

Origin of Indo-Aryan

1
First recorded in 1840–50

Words Nearby Indo-Aryan

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British Dictionary definitions for Indo-Aryan

Indo-Aryan

adjective
  1. another word for Indic (def. 1)

noun
  1. another name for Indic (def. 2)

  2. a native speaker of an Indo-Aryan language

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