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 (urdū luġat) (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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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