Aryan (/ ˈ ɛər i ə n /), or Arya (borrowed from Sanskrit ārya), [1] is a term originating from the ethno-cultural self-designation of the Indo-Iranians, specifically the Iranians and the Indo-Aryans. [2] [3] It stood in contrast to nearby outsiders, whom they designated as non-Aryan (*an-āryā). [4]

Jan 16, 2025 · Aryan, name originally given to a people who were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language and who were thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent.

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party adapted, manipulated, and radicalized the unfounded belief in the existence of an "Aryan race." Learn about the term Aryan.

The Aryan race is a pseudoscientific historical race concept that emerged in the late-19th century to describe people who descend from the Proto-Indo-Europeans as a racial grouping. [1] [2] The terminology derives from the historical usage of Aryan, used by modern Indo-Iranians as an epithet of "noble".

Aryanism, is an ideology of German racial supremacy which views the supposed Aryan race as a distinct and superior racial group which is entitled to rule the rest of humanity. Initially promoted by racial theorists such as Arthur de Gobineau and Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Aryanism reached its peak of influence in Nazi Germany.

Oct 8, 2020 · Aryan is a designation originally meaning “civilized”, “noble”, or “free” without reference to any ethnicity. It was first applied as a self-identifying term by a migratory group of people from Central Asia later known as Indo-Iranians (who settled on the Iranian Plateau) and, later, applied to Indo-Aryans (who traveled south to ...

Nov 6, 2019 · Born from a colonial mentality and corrupted by a Nazi propaganda machine, the Aryan invasion theory is finally undergoing radical reassessment by South Asian archaeologists and their colleagues.

Aug 16, 2011 · Definition of the term “Aryan.” The name “Aryan” (OInd. āˊrya -, Ir. * arya - [with short a -], in Old Pers. ariya -, Av. airiia -, etc.) is the self designation of the peoples of Ancient India and Ancient Iran who spoke Aryan languages, in contrast to the “non-Aryan” peoples of those “Aryan” countries (cf. OInd. an-āˊrya ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Aryan (plural Aryans) (theosophy, Germanic mysticism, Nazism) A member of a race defined variously as comprising people of Germanic descent, in the narrowest sense, or all non-Jewish Caucasians, in the broadest sense 1925–26, Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, translation from German to English by James Murphy, 1939

4 days ago · The Aryan Brotherhood was created in prison, but Field testified that its influence has seeped into the streets of Los Angeles County. In seedy motels, gambling parlors and crash pads from ...