Indo-Aryan

See also: Indoaryan

English

Etymology

From Indo- +‎ Aryan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈɛɹi.ən/

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Proper noun

Indo-Aryan

1. A branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family.

   Synonym: Indic

   • 1969, Gordon H. Fairbanks, “Comparative Indo-Aryan”, in Thomas A. Seboek, editor, Current Trends in Linguistics, volume 5, Linguistics in South Asia, page 40:

     Such a situation is not unusual in the history of languages, but Indo-Aryan has a very virulent case of the disease.

   • 2016, Uta Reinöhl, Grammaticalization and the Rise of Configurationality in Indo-Aryan, →ISBN, page 9:

     This is another way in which a depiction of the historical developments in Indo-Aryan bears on the theory of phrase structure generally, and on the rise of adpositional phrases in Indo-European specifically, showing us alternative pathways of change.

   • 2017, John J. Lowe, Transitive Nouns and Adjectives: Evidence from Early Indo-Aryan, →ISBN, page 53:

     Indo-Aryan has a very long history of attestation, from around 1400 bc to the present […]

Translations

family of languages

• Arabic: هِنْدِيّ-آرِيّ (hindiyy-ʔāriyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印度-雅利安語 / 印度-雅利安语 (Yìndù-Yǎlì'ān-yǔ)

• Finnish: indoarjalainen (fi)
• French: indo-aryen (fr) m
• German: Indoarisch n
• Hindi: हिंद-आर्य (hind-ārya)
• Hungarian: indoárja (hu)
• Japanese: インド語 (Indo-go)
• Persian: هندوآریایی (hendo-âriyâyi)
• Russian: индоари́йский (ru) (indoaríjskij)
• Spanish: indo-ario m
• Sylheti: ꠁꠘ꠆ꠖꠥ ꠀꠞꠤꠀꠘꠤ (indu ariani)
• Urdu: ہند آریائی f (hind āriyā'ī)

Adjective

Indo-Aryan (comparative more Indo-Aryan, superlative most Indo-Aryan)

1. Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.

   Synonym: Indic

Translations

Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.

• Armenian: հնդարիականը (hndariakanə)
• Dutch: Indo-Arisch
• Finnish: indoarjalainen (fi)
• Galician: indoario m
• German: indoarisch (de)
• Hindi: हिंद-आर्य (hind-ārya)
• Hungarian: indoárja (hu)
• Portuguese: indo-ariano (pt)
• Russian: индоарийский (ru) m (indoarijskij)
• Swedish: indoarisk (sv)
• Sylheti: ꠁꠘ꠆ꠖꠥ ꠀꠞꠤꠀꠘꠤ (indu ariani)
• Turkish: Hint-Aryan (tr)
• Urdu: ہند آریائی (hind āriyā'ī)

Noun

Indo-Aryan (plural Indo-Aryans)

1. A native speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.

Translations

A speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.

• Finnish: indoarjalainen (fi)
• Turkish: Hint-Aryan (tr)

Further reading

• Indo-Aryan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia