Aryan
noun
a member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European.
non-Aryan
-
a word derived from
Aryan.
Example Sentences
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The fourth major group were the Shudras, non-Aryan servants and peasants who were denied the opportunity to read or listen to Vedic hymns and accounted for more than half the population.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Elements of the Mahabharata indicate that a blending of cultures was taking place between Aryan and non-Aryan peoples.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
After the Austrian Anschluss, Franz began to feel Nazi pressure because of his non-Aryan wife, quietly abdicated because he was getting "too old."
From Time Magazine Archive
The pig is sacrificed either as the animal which now mainly injures the crops or because it was the principal sacrificial animal of the non-Aryan tribes, or from a combination of both reasons.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
But the worship of such deities came into Aryan India at a relatively recent date, apparently from non-Aryan sources, and has been incorporated in Hindu systems.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
