Aryan (disambiguation)
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Aryan
is a term expressing various ethno-linguistic and/or racial concepts:
Aryan or Arya may refer to:
Near-homographic terms, not to be confused:
Aryan
Aryan is an English language loanword derived from Sanskrit ārya and denoting variously*In scholarly usage:**Indo-Iranian languages *in dated usage:**the Indo-European languages more generally and their speakers...
is a term expressing various ethno-linguistic and/or racial concepts:
Aryan or Arya may refer to:
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- Arya (*ārya-), Old Indic and Old Iranian word from which 'Aryan' (:=Indo-Iranian) derives
- Indo-IranianIndo-IraniansIndo-Iranian peoples are a linguistic group consisting of the Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Dardic and Nuristani peoples; that is, speakers of Indo-Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family....
, "pertaining to (speakers of) Indo-Iranian languages"- the prehistorical Proto-Indo-Iranians
- Indo-Iranian peoples, people speaking the Indo-Iranian languages
- Indo-Aryan languagesIndo-Aryan languagesThe Indo-Aryan languages constitutes a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family...
, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family - Indo-Aryan peoples, people speaking the Indo-Aryan languages
- Iranian languagesIranian languagesThe Iranian languages form a subfamily of the Indo-Iranian languages which in turn is a subgroup of Indo-European language family. They have been and are spoken by Iranian peoples....
, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family - Iranian peoplesIranian peoplesThe Iranian peoples are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group, consisting of the speakers of Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, as such forming a branch of Indo-European-speaking peoples...
, people speaking the Iranian languages
- Indo-Aryan languages
- May be used to refer to the original Proto-Indo-EuropeansProto-Indo-EuropeansThe Proto-Indo-Europeans were the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language , a reconstructed prehistoric language of Eurasia.Knowledge of them comes chiefly from the linguistic reconstruction, along with material evidence from archaeology and archaeogenetics...
in works published in the 19th century and early 20th century - Indo-EuropeanIndo-EuropeanIndo-European may refer to:* Indo-European languages** Aryan race, a 19th century and early 20th century term for those peoples who are the native speakers of Indo-European languages...
(dated), "pertaining to the original speakers of Indo-European languages (the Proto-Indo-EuropeansProto-Indo-EuropeansThe Proto-Indo-Europeans were the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language , a reconstructed prehistoric language of Eurasia.Knowledge of them comes chiefly from the linguistic reconstruction, along with material evidence from archaeology and archaeogenetics...
) and their present day descendents" - Aryan raceAryan raceThe Aryan race is a concept historically influential in Western culture in the period of the late 19th century and early 20th century. It derives from the idea that the original speakers of the Indo-European languages and their descendants up to the present day constitute a distinctive race or...
(dated), a concept deriving from the linguistic one, also defined as "pertaining to the original speakers of Indo-European languages (Proto-Indo-Europeans) and their present day descendents" - A gentileGentileThe term Gentile refers to non-Israelite peoples or nations in English translations of the Bible....
of native Indo-EuropeanIndo-EuropeanIndo-European may refer to:* Indo-European languages** Aryan race, a 19th century and early 20th century term for those peoples who are the native speakers of Indo-European languages...
descent - used for the Nordic race (dated) (i.e., the Germanic peoplesGermanic peoplesThe Germanic peoples are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin, identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.Originating about 1800 BCE from the Corded Ware Culture on the North...
), a racialist concept developed by Ariosophy and later adopted by the Nazis as part of their master race ideology - used in reference to the those defined as the white race in Neo-NazismNeo-NazismNeo-Nazism consists of post-World War II social or political movements seeking to revive Nazism or some variant thereof.The term neo-Nazism can also refer to the ideology of these movements....
, i.e., those peoples belonging to the Western or European branch of the Indo-European peoples (and generally excluding those peoples belonging to the Eastern or Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European peoples), in white supremacism in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, southern South America, and South Africa- examples of this usage:
- Aryan NationsAryan NationsAryan Nations is a white supremacist religious organization originally based in Hayden Lake, Idaho. Richard Girnt Butler founded the group in the 1970s, as an arm of the Christian Identity organization Church of Jesus Christ–Christian...
, a white nationalist neo-Nazi organization founded in the 1970s by Richard Girnt Butler as an arm of the Christian Identity group known as the Church of Jesus Christ-Christian - Aryan BrotherhoodAryan BrotherhoodThe Aryan Brotherhood, also known as The Brand, the AB, or the One-Two, is a white supremacist prison gang and organized crime syndicate in the United States with about 20,000 members in and out of prison...
, a white prison gang and organized crime syndicate in the United States with about 15,000 members in and out of prison - Aryan GuardAryan GuardThe Aryan Guard is an Alberta-based neo-Nazi group with members primarily located in the city of Calgary. It was founded in 2006 and was reported disbanded in 2009 as a result of internal conflict including pipe bombing attacks...
, an Alberta-based neo-Nazi group with members primarily located in the city of Calgary - White Aryan ResistanceWhite Aryan ResistanceWhite Aryan Resistance is a neo-Nazi white separatist organization founded and led by former Ku Klux Klan leader Tom Metzger. Part of the American far right, it is based in Warsaw, Indiana and is incorporated as a business....
, a neo-Nazi white supremacist organization founded and led by former Ku Klux Klan leader Tom Metzger. It is based in Warsaw, Indiana and incorporated as a business - Aryan LeagueAryan LeagueThe Aryan League is an Iranian Neo-Nazi political party. It was founded by former members of the Pan-Iranist Party who left that group due to their racialist beliefs. Their stated goal is, "To return to Iran and her Aryan people their pride & glorious legacy of six thousand years past...
(an Iranian organization), an Iranian Neo-Nazi political party
- Aryan Nations
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- In Classical civilization, pertaining to those from a small region in eastern Parthia called Aria that was at that time believed to have been the original home of the Persian people, or those from the larger area that Aria was regarded as a part of, ArianaArianaAriana was a region of the eastern countries of ancient Iran, next to India.Ariana may also refer to:* Ariana In places:*Ariana Governorate, a governorate in Tunisia*Ariana, Tunisia*Lake Ariana, a lake in Sofia, Bulgaria...
, which included nearly the whole eastern half of the Parthian Empire (and before that, nearly the whole eastern halves of the Seleucid Empire, the Macedonian Empire and the Achaemenid Empire) (spelled with an "i" or "ei" instead of a "y") - May be used to refer to the inhabitants of the Sassanian Empire, the name of which in Middle Persian, Eran Shahr, means land of the Aryans
- Aryan aliens, a synonym for Nordic aliensNordic aliensNordic aliens are said by self-described contactees and some UFOlogists to be a group of humanoid extraterrestrials who resemble European racial images, or more specifically Nordic-Scandinavians....
, aliens purportedly from Venus, The Pleiades and other extraterrestrial locales, and portrayed by UFO enthusiasts as being wise and benevolent - a concept of "nobility" or "piety" in Hinduism and Buddhism, see Arya
- Arya SamajArya SamajArya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. He was a sannyasi who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda emphasized the ideals of brahmacharya...
, a reform movement in Hinduism founded in 1875 - Arya (magazine)Arya (magazine)Arya: A Philosophical Review was a 64-page monthly periodical written by Sri Aurobindo and published in India between 1914 and 1921. The majority of the material which initially appeared in the Arya was later edited and published in book-form as The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, The Secret of...
, a collection of spiritual and nationalistic writings published by Sri Aurobindo from 1914 to 1921
- Arya Samaj
- as an Indian and Persian given name, see Aria (name)Aria (name)Aria or Arya is both a male and female given name. It is an Indian and Persian male given name, based on the self designation of the peoples of Ancient India and Ancient Iran who spoke Aryan languages...
- Aryan Khan (Afghan actor)Aryan Khan (Afghan actor)Aryan Khan is an Afghan martial artist, model, dancer, singer and actor. He was born on March 7, 1980, in Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, to parents of Pashtun origin...
, Afghan martial artist, model, dancer, singer and actor - Aryan VaidAryan VaidAryan Vaid is an Indian male model who won the Graviera Mr. India modelling pageant in the year 2000.-Career:Vaid is a qualified chef and a lifestyle columnist with The Hindustan Times. He has been actively involved with theatre and has done a few street plays at the Prithvi theatre in Mumbai...
(born 1974), Indian male model - Arya AmbekarArya AmbekarAarya Ambekar is a playback singer from Pune, Maharashtra, India. Aarya shot to fame when she participated and reached the finals of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs aired on Zee Marathi channel between July 2008 and February 2009.-Background:...
- Aryan Khan (Afghan actor)
- In Classical civilization, pertaining to those from a small region in eastern Parthia called Aria that was at that time believed to have been the original home of the Persian people, or those from the larger area that Aria was regarded as a part of, Ariana
- Arya F.C.Arya F.C.Aria Mashhad was an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Iran. It was the main football club representing Khorasan throughout the 1960s. The club participated in Iran Football League in 1970 where it reached the second round that involved the last 8 teams divided in two groups. Unfortunately...
, an Iranian football club. - Arya (urban-type settlement), (Арья), an urban-type settlement in Nizhny Novgorod OblastNizhny Novgorod OblastNizhny Novgorod Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: The oblast is crossed by the Volga River. Apart from Nizhny Novgorod's metropolitan area, the biggest city is Arzamas...
, Russia
Popular culture
- Aryan (2006 film)
- Aryan (1988 film)Aryan (1988 film)Aryan is a 1988 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal, Ramya Krishnan, Sharat Saxena, Shobana, Sreenivasan, Gavin Packard, M. G. Soman and Goga Kapoor.- Plot :...
- Arya (2004 film)Arya (2004 film)Arya is a Telugu film which released on 7 May 2004 and was directed by Sukumar. This film has Allu Arjun in the main lead. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as Arya Proud of Youth...
, a Telugu Tollywood film starring Allu Arjun - Arya (2007 film), a 2007 Tamil film starring R. Madhavan and Bhavana.
- Arya 2Arya 2Arya 2 is a 2009 Telugu romance film film directed by Sukumar, and is a follow-up to the actor's and the director's previous successful film, Arya. Allu Arjun and Kajal Aggarwal play the lead roles while Navdeep and Shraddha Das play supporting roles...
(2009), a 2009 Telugu film (Dubbed into malayalam as the same title) directed by Sukumar, and is a follow-up to the actor's and the director's previous successful film, Arya - Arya (actor)Arya (actor)Arya is an Indian film actor who mainly appears in Tamil films. He is best known for his roles in the films Pattiyal , Naan Kadavul , Madrasapattinam , and Boss Engira Bhaskaran.-Personal life:...
(born 1980), south Indian actor - The AryanThe AryanThe Aryan is an American silent era western motion picture starring William S. Hart, Gertrude Claire, Charles K. French, Louise Glaum, and Bessie Love....
, 1915 film - Arya Stark, a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series.
- Arya Dröttningu, a character from the Inheritance cycle
See also
- Aryan language (disambiguation)
- Aryan religion (disambiguation)
- AryanizationAryanizationAryanization is a term coined during Nazism referring to the forced expulsion of so-called "non-Aryans", mainly Jews, from business life in Nazi Germany and the territories it controlled....
, in Nazism, which literally means "to make Aryan", was principally used to refer to the expulsion of the so-called "non-Aryans" from Nazi Germany, Austria, and the territories it controlled
Near-homographic terms, not to be confused:
- Arian (disambiguation), with several meanings, including a former (16th-18th century) spelling of 'Aryan'
- Aria (disambiguation)Aria (disambiguation)An aria is a self-contained expressive melody for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment.Aria may also refer to:-Artists:*Aria , a Russian heavy metal band*Aria C Jalali!, a San Francisco based singer and his band...
- Ari (name)Ari (name)- Albanian :'Ari' is a male first name that means "lion" or at times used for the meaning of "gold".-Finno-Ugric languages:"Ari" is thought to be a Finno-Ugric-specific form of Adrian.-Finnish:'Ari' is a somewhat common Norse and Finnish name...
(Aryeh), an Aramaic given name used in a blessing in the Bible - Ariane (rocket family), a series of space vehicles
- Ariya Ария, the Russian for aria, name of a band, see Ariya
- ArrianArrianLucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon , known in English as Arrian , and Arrian of Nicomedia, was a Roman historian, public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the 2nd-century Roman period...
(86–2nd-century), Greek historian