Aryan was a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people.
Aryan or Arya may also refer to:
Ethno-linguistics
edit- Indo-Iranians, a prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-Iranian language which evolved into modern Indo-Iranian languages
- Indo-Aryan peoples, people speaking the Indo-Aryan languages and historically who spoke the Proto-Indo-Aryan language
- Iranian peoples, people speaking the Iranian languages and historically who spoke the Proto-Iranian language
- Arya (Iran), self-designation of early Iranians from Greater Iran
- Self-designation of the Alans, a group of Iranic nomads from the Eurasian steppe who formed the Alania kingdom
- Self-designation of the Iranians in the Avesta
- Self-designation of the Iranians in the Achaemenid Empire
- People from Ariana, corresponding to Khorasan during the medieval period
- Inhabitants of the Sasanian Empire, the name of which in Middle Persian, Eran Shah, means Aryan Empire
- Proto-Indo-Europeans, in works published in the 19th century and early 20th century describing speakers of Proto-Indo-European language which evolved into modern Indo-European languages
- Aryan race (dated), a discredited racial grouping popular in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries in Europe
- Nordic race (dated), a racialist concept called "Nordicism" developed by Ariosophy and later adopted by the Nazis
- Nordic aliens or Aryan aliens
- Aryan language (disambiguation)
- Aryan languages (disambiguation)
- Aryan religion (disambiguation)
People
edit- Arya (name), a Persian and Indian given name (including a list of persons with the name)
- Aryan (name), a given name and surname that is popular in India and Iran (including a list of persons with the name)
- Gabriel Arya (7th century AD), Syriac writer from Arabia
Organizations
edit- Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda
- Aryan Cargo Express, a cargo airline based in India
- Arya Vaidya Sala, a healthcare centre located in Kottakkal, India
- Aryans College of Law, a law college in Punjab, India
- The Aryan School, a co-education school in Dehradun, India
- PCK Aryan Vedic Hindu Aided School, a primary school in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius
- Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist street gang and organized crime syndicate in the United States
- White Aryan Resistance, a neo-Nazi white separatist organization
- White Aryan Resistance (Sweden), a militant neo-Nazi network active in Sweden
- Aryan Guard, a neo-Nazi group based in Alberta, Canada
- Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization
- Aryan Circle, a neo-Nazi prison gang in the United States
- Aryan Strikeforce, a neo-Nazi white supremacist group
- Aryan Freedom Network, an American neo-Nazi group that is based in Texas
- Soldiers of Aryan Culture, a white supremacist prison gang in the United States
- Aryan Republican Army, a white nationalist terrorist gang
- Aryan Nations Motorcycle Riders Division, a white supremacist outlaw motorcycle club
Films
edit- The Aryan, a 1915 American silent film
- Aryan (1988 film), an Indian Malayalam film
- The Aryan Couple, a 2004 Anglo-American English film
- Arya (2004 film), an Indian Telugu film
- Arya 2, a 2009 Indian Telugu film
- Aryan (2006 film), an Indian Hindi film
- Aarya (film), a 2007 Indian Tamil film
- Aryan (2014 film), an Indian Kannada film
- Maharakshak: Aryan, a 2014 Indian television show
- Aarya (TV series), a 2020 Indian Hindi TV series
Places
edit- Aryavarta, meaning "land of the Aryans", the historic name of Northern India
- Ariana, ancient Greek and Roman term for Persian provinces
- Aria, ancient region of the Persian Empire
- Aryan Valley, a region in Ladakh, India
- Aryan, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
- Aryan, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Varian, Iran, a village in Alborz Province, Iran
- Herat, Afghanistan, a city in Northwest Afghanistan
- Arya (urban-type settlement), a settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Other uses
edit- Arya (Buddhism), a concept in Buddhism
- Airyanem Vaejah, mythological homeland of the early Iranians
- Aryan Kartli, a country claimed by the medieval Georgian chronicle
- Arya: A Philosophical Review, a monthly periodical published in India from 1914 to 1921
- The Aryan Path, an Anglo-Indian theosophical journal published in Bombay, India between 1930 and 1960
- Arya metre, a poetic metre used in Sanskrit and Prakrit verse
- Aryan FC, an Indian football club founded in 1884
- Arya F.C., an Iranian football club
- Aryan Brigade, a group of supervillains in DC Comics
- Aryanism, an ideology of Aryan racial supremacy
- Aryanization, in Nazism, the expulsion of "non-Aryans"
- Aryan paragraph, Nazi discriminatory regulation
- Aryan certificate, Nazi-era document which certified one's membership of the alleged "Aryan race"
- Honorary Aryan, Nazi-era classification of people
- Aryan Games, a proposed replacement for the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany
- Indo-Aryan migrations, part of Indo-European migrations from Proto-Indo-European homeland into Indian subcontinent
- Indo-Aryan migration to Assam, Indo-Aryans migrations to Assam
- Indigenous Aryanism, view that the Indo-Aryans are indigenous to India
See also
edit- Ari (name) (Aryeh), an Aramaic given name used in a blessing in the Bible
- Ariane (rocket family), a series of space vehicles
- Arrian (86 A.D. – 2nd century A.D.), Greek historian
- Arya Vaisya (disambiguation), several castes
- Ayran, a yoghurt-based drink
- Araya (disambiguation)
- Ariya (disambiguation)
- Aria (disambiguation)
- Arian (disambiguation)
- Aryn (disambiguation)
- Aryabhata (disambiguation)