Aryan

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Aryan /ˈɛːrɪən/

▶noun

• 1 a member of a people speaking an Indo-European language who invaded northern India in the 2nd millennium bc.

• 2 the language of the Aryan people.

• 3 (in Nazi ideology) a person of Caucasian race not of Jewish descent.

▶adjective relating to the Aryans or their language.

– origin from Sanskrit ārya ‘noble’ + -an.