The quality of being Aryan.

The ideological belief in the superiority of a defined Aryan race, particularly as an element of Nazism.

plural of Aryanism

A branch of Indo-Iranian and thus Indo-European language family, with a total number of native speakers of more than 900 million, chiefly in South Asia.

Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.

A native speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.

plural of Indo-Aryan

(Indo-European studies) a proposed branch within the Indo-European language family, of which the Hellenic and Indo-Iranian branches are sub-branches.

plural of honorary Aryan

(historical) A title accorded to the Japanese and some other people by Nazi Germany. Although the Japanese were of a different race, they were considered by the Nazis to possess qualities similar enough to German Nordic characteristics to warrant the designation.