[ 'ɛ:rɪən ]
■ noun
1》 a member of a people speaking an Indo-European language who invaded northern India in the 2nd millennium BC.
2》 the language of the ~ people.
3》 (in Nazi ideology) a person of Caucasian race not of Jewish descent.
■ adjective relating to the ~s or their language.
Origin
from Sanskrit ārya 'noble' + -an .