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Aryan

/ˈeəriən/noun

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आर्य

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a member of the ancient peoples who spoke Indo-Iranian languages and who, according to most historians, moved into north-western India around 1500 BC

    आर्य

    • The Rigveda tells us about the life of the early Aryans.
    • The Aryans settled first in the land of the seven rivers.
  2. 2

    [C] offensive

    (in Nazi ideas) a white person of northern European origin, wrongly believed by the Nazis to belong to a superior race

    (नाज़ी विचारधारा में) 'श्रेष्ठ नस्ल' का व्यक्ति

    • The Nazi idea of a pure Aryan race had no scientific basis.
adjective
  1. 1

    connected with the Aryans or with the Indo-Aryan languages

    आर्य, आर्यों का

    • Aryan culture
    • Hindi and Bengali are Indo-Aryan languages.
§Grammar and usage

Usage: Modern scholars use Aryan mainly for a group of related languages and the people who spoke them, not for a race.

Usage में आधुनिक विद्वान Aryan शब्द का प्रयोग मुख्य रूप से संबंधित भाषाओं के एक समूह और उन्हें बोलने वाले लोगों के लिए करते हैं, किसी नस्ल के लिए नहीं।

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General knowledge

Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in 1875.

स्वामी दयानंद सरस्वती ने 1875 में Arya Samaj की स्थापना की।