آریہ

Urdu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas, the term was revived during the 19th century inquest into Indo-Iranian heritage, history, and language. Compare Persian آریا (âriyâ, Aryan).

Pronunciation

Noun

آریہ (ārya) m or f (Hindi spelling आर्य)

  1. Aryan, Indo-Iranian, the eastern branch of the Indo-European peoples
    اردو ایک آریہ زبان ہے
    urdū ēk ārya zubān hai
    Urdu is an Aryan language

Adjective

آریہ (ārya)

  1. noble; honorable, respectable

Derived terms

  • آرْیائی (āryā'ī)
  • آرْیَہ پُرُش (ārya-puruš, Aryan)
  • آرْیَہ مِہْر (ārya-mihr, literally light of the Aryans)
  • آریَہ وَرت (ārya-varat, Aryavarta)

References

  • آریہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), آریہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), آریہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • آریہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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