Ārya

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit आर्य (ārya).

Noun

Ārya (plural Āryas)

  1. Alternative spelling of Arya (“Indo-Iranian, Aryan”).
    • 2020 February 23, Stephanie Jamison, Joel Brereton, The Rigveda: A Guide, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171:
      The cultural role of horses—racehorses and warhorses—was obviously central to the Āryas and, as a result, so was their poetic role.
  2. (Buddhism) the sage, sacred one, holy one, noble one.
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