Indo-Aryan

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

noun

1. Indic.

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

adjective

1. Indic.

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

Indo-Aryan

adjective

1. another word for Indic

noun

1. another name for Indic

2. a native speaker of an Indo-Aryan language

Word History and Origins

Origin of Indo-Aryan¹

First recorded in 1840–50