Aryan (/ ˈɛəriən /), or Arya (borrowed from Sanskrit ārya), [1] is a term originating from the ethno-cultural self-designation of the Indo-Iranians, and later Iranians and Indo-Aryans. [2][3] It stood in contrast to nearby outsiders, whom they designated as non-Aryan (*an-āryā). [4] .

The word Aryan has roots in world that Iranians called themselves by Aryia, meaning free, noble and steady. The word Iran is derived from this very root, having been transformed from Aryan to Iran, meaning the land of the Aryans.

The Indo-Iranian peoples, [10] [11] [12] also known as Ā́rya or Aryans from their self-designation, were a group of Indo-European speaking peoples who brought the Indo-Iranian languages to parts of Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia in waves from the first part of …

2025年1月16日 · Aryan, name originally given to a people who were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language and who were thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent. The theory of an “Aryan race” appeared in the mid-19th century and remained prevalent until the mid-20th century.

Arya (Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀, airiia; Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹, ariyaʰ; Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭫 ‎, er; Parthian: 𐭀𐭓𐭉‎, ary; Bactrian: αρια, aria) was the ethnonym used by Iranians during the early History of Iran. [1] .

2024年1月28日 · The notion of the Aryans has undergone a transformation from its origination to its modern interpretation. Tracing back to ancient times, the identity and origins of the original Aryans hold an invaluable key to understanding early Indo …

2011年8月16日 · The name “Aryan” (OInd. āˊrya -, Ir. * arya - [with short a -], in Old Pers. ariya -, Av. airiia -, etc.) is the self designation of the peoples of Ancient India and Ancient Iran who spoke Aryan languages, in contrast to the “non-Aryan” peoples of those “Aryan” countries (cf. OInd. an-āˊrya -, Av. an-airiia -, etc.), and lives on in ethnic names...

2020年10月8日 · The word Aryan means “noble”, “lord”, or “freeman” in Old Iranian languages and has very little to do with Eurocentric doctrines of Nordic racial supremacy, these being first formulated by 19th century racialist philosophers such as Chamberlain.

In the eighteenth century, when European explorers developed a rising interest in Iran and ancient Persia, they soon found out that the ancient Persians had identified themselves as ‘Aryans’.

Aryan is the name that an ancient people speaking Indo-Iranian languages gave to themselves. Descendants of the Aryans include speakers of Sanskrit and Avestan which are related to the Indo-European languages .