آریہ
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑːɾ.jᵊ/
Noun edit
آریہ • (ārya) m or f (Hindi spelling आर्य)
- 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 edit
آریہ • (ārya)
Derived terms edit
- آرْیائی (āryā'ī)
- آرْیَہ پُرُش (ārya-puruš, “Aryan”)
- آرْیَہ مِہْر (ārya-mihr, literally “light of the Aryans”)
- آریَہ وَرت (ārya-varat, “Aryavarta”)
References edit
- “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.