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# aryan

adjective (Aryan); noun (an Aryan, Aryans)

«aryan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (history) Aryan was an old name for the ancient people who spoke early Indo-Iranian languages in Iran and northern India; «arya» meant «noble» in Sanskrit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#m1)
2. (history, Nazi) The Nazis in Germany misused «Aryan» to mean a made-up «master race» of white, often blond, people; this idea was false and cruel and was used to justify the Holocaust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#m2)
3. (a name) Aryan (also spelled Aarya or Arian) is also a boy's name in India and elsewhere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in history lessons on ancient India and Iran and on Nazi Germany and the Second World War; it teaches how racist ideas are false and dangerous. Scientists today say «Indo-European» or «Indo-Iranian» for the languages.

### Examples

- The Nazis falsely claimed that «Aryans» were better than other people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x1)
- There is no such thing as a master race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x2)
- The name Iran comes from an old word linked to «Aryan». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x3)
- In ancient Sanskrit, «arya» meant «noble». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x4)
- Hitler's ideas about an «Aryan race» led to terrible crimes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x5)
- My classmate's name is Aryan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x6)

### Note

Written with a capital A. Pronounced AIR-ee-un. Because of its Nazi misuse, the word is avoided in science today; there is no «Aryan race». As a name in India it is common and respectful.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aryan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aryan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aryan.html) on Mova free.