One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindu Kush and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindu, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.
a non-Jewish caucasian of Nordic stock; -- a classification used by Nazis, having no anthropological basis.
Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.
Name given by the Nazis to a supposed Germanic "race" considered to be superior to other races.
A powerful barbarian tribe which invaded the Indus Valley from the north traveling through the Hindu Kash and the Himalayas. It is thought that these pale skinned conquerors imposed their belief system on the native people and established the caste system placing themselves above all others.
Noble. Refers to those who know the spiritual values of life. Scholars say it refers to the original inhabitants of the Sindu region in India.
A term used by Hitler to describe Caucasians of Nordic descent, usually of Northern European racial background, with the aim of preserving the purity of European blood.
(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-European migrations"
a person of Indo-Hittite (Indo-European) ancestry
This actually has no racial meaning, instead referring to those speaking Indo-European languages. Hitler misused the term to refer to Caucausians of the Nordic type.
Hitler defined Aryan as any "pure-breed" German.
In Nazi racial theory, a person of pure German "blood." The term "non-Aryan" was used to designate Jews, partJews and others of supposedly inferior racial stock. Aryanization often refers to the Nazi policy of taking away businesses and property owned by Jews, and turning it over to "pure" Germans.
the race that Hitler desired all of Germany to be; fair skin with blond hair and blue eyes.
Term used by the Nazis to describe northern European physical characteristics (such as blonde hair and blue eyes) as racially "superior".
A term used by the Nazis to mean a superior race of Nordic-type white people who were the "master race." In fact, it is not a racial term, but the name of a family of languages, the Indo-European languages, which include German, English, and Greek.
Originally, a term for peoples speaking the languages of Europe and India. Twisted by Nazis, who viewed those of Germanic background as the best examples of "superior," "Aryan race."
Has no biological validity as a racial term. Used by the Nazis to mean a superior, white, Nordic heroic type.
The name given to the group of people who were the Nazi's master race. They were blond-haired, blue-eyed and were considered physically ideal.
The name of the warrior-dominated, patriarchal people who entered India from the northwest after 2000 B.C.E.
Lit. 'Noble'. The inhabitant of Aryavarta or Vedic India. A member of any of the first three castes of Hinduism; some people try to attribute their origin outside India, and distort the history; that Aryans invaded India and drove local Dravidians southwards.
Member of the “master race” (strong, tall, blue-eyed, blond), according to Adolph Hitler.
In the Nazi ideology, the pure, superior Germanic (Nordic, Caucasian) race.
A term for peoples speaking the language of Europe and India. In Nazi racial theory, a person of pure German "blood." The term "non-Aryan" was used to designate Jews, part-Jews and others of supposedly inferior racial stock.
Indo-European. In this work it is used in the sense of non-Jewish, or Polish, expression commonly used at the time.
Hitler's "Master Race" of blue-eyed, blond haired caucasians. Has no biological validity as a racial term.
'noble' or 'pure'. Used of themselves and their traditions by Indo-Europeans who migrated into ancient India and whose beliefs are preserved in early parts of the Veda
A term used by the German Nazi government to refer to Caucasians of the Nordic type. Originally, the term referred to persons who speak an Indo-European language.
The name, used by the Nazis and others, of the "race" of people speaking Indo-European languages. The Nazis viewed Aryans as racially superior and they applied this term to those of Teutonic or Nordic racial background. Proof of Aryan ancestry [Ariernachweis] to one's grandparents was required for employment in Nazi Germany after 1933.
of or referring to those tribes or cultures of Central Asia who invaded and conquered the Indian subcontinent, bringing with them much of what we know today as the Vedic literature and theology of the Hindu tradition. Aryan literally means "noble."
Aryan is an English language word derived from the Sanskrit and Iranian terms Ärya-, the extended form aryÄna-, ari- and/or arya- (Sanskrit: आरà¥à¤¯, Persian: آریا). Beyond its use as the ethnic self-designation of the Proto-Indo-Iranians, the meaning "noble/spiritual one" has been attached to it in Sanskrit and Persian. In linguistics, it is sometimes still used in reference to the Indo-Iranian language family, but it is primarily restricted to the compound Indo-Aryan, the Indic subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch.
Aryan (Hindi: आरà¥à¤¯à¤¨, Urdu: آریایی, translation: Noble or Fighter) is an Indian Bollywood movie that was released on December 15, 2006, written and directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Poonam Khubani and Vipin Anand. It is about a boxer called Aryan who has to choose between his career and his family.
