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The birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups, it is unbearable to them that President Barack Obama should exist.
Sheldon Whitehouse

Meaning of "Aryan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARYAN

From Sanskrit ārya of noble birth.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ARYAN

Aryan  [ˈɛərɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARYAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aryan can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ARYAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aryan

"Aryan" /ˈɑːrjən/ is an English language loanword derived from the Sanskrit ārya. In present-day academia, the term "Aryan" has been replaced in most cases by the terms "Indo-Iranian" and "Indo-European", and "Aryan" is now mostly limited to its appearance in the term "Indo-Aryan" for Indic languages and their speakers.

Definition of Aryan in the English dictionary

The first definition of Aryan in the dictionary is a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent, esp of the Nordic type. Other definition of Aryan is a member of any of the peoples supposedly descended from the Indo-Europeans, esp a speaker of an Iranian or Indic language in ancient times. Aryan is also of, relating to, or characteristic of an Aryan or Aryans.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARYAN


agrarian
əˈɡrɛərɪən
antiquarian
ˌæntɪˈkwɛərɪən
Arian
ˈɛərɪən
authoritarian
ɔːˌθɒrɪˈtɛərɪən
barbarian
bɑːˈbɛərɪən
Bavarian
bəˈvɛərɪən
Bulgarian
bʌlˈɡɛərɪən
Darien
ˈdɛərɪən
humanitarian
hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪən
Hungarian
hʌŋˈɡɛərɪən
libertarian
ˌlɪbəˈtɛərɪən
librarian
laɪˈbrɛərɪən
Marian
ˈmɛərɪən
sectarian
sɛkˈtɛərɪən
totalitarian
təʊˌtælɪˈtɛərɪən
unitarian
ˌjuːnɪˈtɛərɪən
utilitarian
juːˌtɪlɪˈtɛərɪən
valerian
vəˈlɛərɪən
vegetarian
ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪən
veterinarian
ˌvɛtərɪˈnɛərɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARYAN

Aruba
arugola
arugula
aruhe
arum
arum lily
Arunachal Pradesh
Arundel
arundinaceous
aruspex
aruspices
Aruwimi
ARV
arval
arvee
arvicole
arvicoline
arvo
Aryanise
Aryanize

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARYAN

banyan
bayyan
Bisayan
Bunyan
cyan
dayan
geyan
Himalayan
Indo-Aryan
Kenyan
Libyan
Malayan
Mayan
minyan
Narayan
Paraguayan
Trevelyan
Uruguayan
Visayan
Wesleyan

Synonyms and antonyms of Aryan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Aryan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARYAN

Find out the translation of Aryan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Aryan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Aryan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雅利安人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Aryan
570 millions of speakers

English

Aryan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आर्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العريان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

арийский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Aryan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আর্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aryen
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aryan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

arisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アーリア人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아리아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aryan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Aryan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आर्यन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ari
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ariano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Aryan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

арійський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Aryan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Aryan
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Aryan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Aryan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Aryan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Aryan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARYAN»

The term «Aryan» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.588 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARYAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Aryan

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2 QUOTES WITH «ARYAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Aryan.
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Bayard Taylor
The Germans form one of the most important branches of the Indo-Germanic or Aryan race - a division of the human family which also includes the Hindoos, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Celts, and the Slavonic tribes.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
The birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups, it is unbearable to them that President Barack Obama should exist.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARYAN»

Discover the use of Aryan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Aryan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of ...
The Unpredictable Constitution brings together a distinguished group of U.S. Supreme Court Justices and U.S. Court of Appeals Judges, who are some of our most prominent legal scholars, to discuss an array of topics on civil liberties.
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 2003
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The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi ...
Heschel's sound scholarship makes a valuable and significant contribution to religion and theology, as well as history. This is an important book with a strong--even urgent--sense of purpose."--Doris L. Bergen, University of Toronto
Susannah Heschel, 2008
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Aryan Idols: Indo-European Mythology as Ideology and Science
Critically examining the discourse of Indo-European scholarship over the past two hundred years, Aryan Idols demonstrates how the interconnected concepts of “Indo-European” and “Aryan” as ethnic categories have been shaped by, and ...
Stefan Arvidsson, 2006
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The Aryan Race: Its Origins and Its Achievements
Positing an heretofore-and subsequently-entirely unknown culture of Indo-Europeans as the standard bearers of all human progress and initiative, this 1888 work strings together a portrait of the "Aryan race" from carefully chosen scraps of ...
Charles Morris, 2005
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Indo-Aryan Languages
This volume is divided into two main sections dealing with general matters and individual languages.
Danesh Jain, George Cardona, 2007
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The Indo-Aryan Languages
Comprehensive survey of Indo-Aryan languages for theoretical linguists and students of the relevant languages.
Colin P. Masica, 1993
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Blood In, Blood Out: The Violent Empire of the Aryan Brotherhood
In Blood In, Blood Out, John Lee Brook provides both an extensive overview of the Aryan Brotherhood and a thrilling look at its untold recent history.
John Lee Brook, 2011
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History of the Alphabet Aryan Alphabets
An account of the origin and development of letters. The writing of these volume was undertaken with the intention of compiling a brief account of recent discoveries as to the origin of the alphabet, and its subsequent developments.
Isaac Taylor, 2003
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Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth, and ...
This edition contains his two major papers: n essay on the calculus of functions, which established his reputation as a mathematician, and On the economy of machinery manufacturers, which was the first work of its kind to concentrate on the ...
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 2000
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Aryan Sun Myths: The Origin of Religions
After all, these are stories. When the stories are added to an historical personage who's life is documented so sparingly to begin with, we find it difficult, in some cases, to know and to prove which is which.
Sarah E. Titcomb, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARYAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Aryan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Genetic study dismisses Aryan invasion as myth
Genetic study dismisses Aryan invasion as myth ... "The research has genetically cleared up the Aryan invasion theory propounded by linguists ... «Pune Mirror, Jul 15»
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Duke Medical Center separates conjoined twins
Vanessa Covington holds her son's Josiah (left) and Aryan on her lap as they ready to leave Duke Medical Center in Durham, NC Friday, June ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
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Racism finds new home on the Internet
Spencer, who runs the National Policy Institute, said in an interview that he fantasized about an Aryan revival in the style of the Roman Empire. «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
4
Editorial: Ruling against three-strikes sentencing paves way for …
The court overturned the sentence of Samuel James Johnson, a white supremacist affiliated with the Aryan Liberation group. He was arrested ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
5
Refugees in court for breaking by-laws
Social Development spokesman, Vukani Mbhele, said the minors were taken to Aryan Benevolent Home in Chatsworth. The Daily News ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
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The hidden Hazzard of viral activism
In short, they were spawned to signify the essential values of slavery and segregation for the former, and Aryan supremacy and anti-Semitism ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
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Humankind and its scapegoats
One finds frequent references in Nazi rhetoric to the oversexed Jew who is waiting to catch Aryan girls and rape them. Jews were not only ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
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Israel must protect journalists in next Gaza conflict
... Hamid Shihab, a driver for the Media 24 news agency, was transporting weapons, and that cameraman Sameh al-Aryan worked for Al-Aqsa ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
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Jordan's scorned gypsies, the Dom, say it's time to demand their rights
Numbering some 70,000, Jordan's gypsy community, an Indo-Aryan people known as the Dom, or Bani Murra, hold Jordanian citizenship and ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
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"I would go around telling girls, "Call me Raj, Raj Aryan"," says actor …
"I would go around telling girls, "Call me Raj, Raj Aryan"," says actor Rajkumar Rao. Atisha Jain, Hindustan Times; |; Updated: Jul 04, 2015 ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»

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