Aryan (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Film 2 Fiction 3 Geography 4 See also

Aryan or Arya may refer to:

• Aryan, a term expressing various ethno-linguistic and/or racialist concepts:
  • Indo-Iranian, "pertaining to (speakers of) Indo-Iranian languages"
    • Arya (*ārya-), Old Indic and Old Iranian word from which 'Aryan' (:=Indo-Iranian) derives
    • Indo-Aryan, Indian-specific meaning; "pertaining to (speakers of) North-Indian languages"
      • Indo-Aryan peoples, people speaking those languages
      • Indo-Aryan migration, the migration of those speakers into India
    • substitute spelling for Iranian, meaning specifically "pertaining to (speakers of) Iranian languages"
  • Indo-European (dated), "pertaining to the original speakers of Indo-European languages (Proto-Indo-Europeans) and their present day descendents"
    • Aryan race (dated), a concept deriving from the linguistic one
    • used for Nordic race (dated), a racialist concept developed by Ariosophy and later adopted by the Nazis
    • Aryan Brotherhood, a prison gang composed of lightly pigmented men

[edit] Film

• Aryan (film), a 2006 film.
• Arya (2004 film), a Tollywood film starring Allu Arjun.
• Arya (2007 film), a 2007 Tamil film starring R. Madhavan and Bhavana.
• Arya (actor), a south Indian actor.
• The Aryan, 1915 film

[edit] Fiction

• Arya Stark, a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series.
• Arya Dröttningu, a character from the Inheritance cycle.

[edit] Geography

• Arya (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
• Arya Central School, a school located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

[edit] See also

Arya/Aryan is also a (near-)homonym of:

• Arian (disambiguation), with several meanings, including a former (16th-18th century) spelling of 'Aryan'
• Ari (lion) (Aryeh), an Aramaic given name used in a blessing in the Bible
• Ariane (rocket), a series of space vehicles
• the French spelling of Ariadne, a character in Greek mythology
• Arrian, Greek historian

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