Indo-Aryan

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

noun

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

adjective

1. Indic ( def 3 ).
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

Example Sentences

These absolute contradictions on matters of fact add, of course, to the difficulty of understanding the early Indo-Aryan religion.

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As in other Indo-Aryan languages, comparison is effected by putting the noun with which comparison is made in the ablative case.

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While modern Iranian often retains the nexus with little or no alteration, modern Indo-Aryan prefers to simplify it.

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In this there are two branches somewhat resembling the division between Indo-Aryan and Iranian.

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Was not that same idea a part of her own religion—a world-wide doctrine of Indo-Aryan origin?

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