आर्यावर्त

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आर्यावर्त (āryāvarta, “Aryavarta”, literally “land of the Aryans”). Compare Persian ایران‌ویج (ērānwēj).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾ.jə.ʋəɾt̪/, [äːɾ.jɐ.ʋɐɾt̪]

Proper noun

आर्यवर्त • (āryavart) m (Urdu spelling آرْیَہ وَرْت)

1. Aryavarta, literally "land of the Aryans", corresponding to the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आर्यावर्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आर्यावर्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “आर्यावर्त”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.