ARYAN

I. adjective Etymology: Sanskrit ārya noble, belonging to an ancient people of northern India speaking an Indo-European dialect Date: 1839 Indo-European , 2. of or relating to a hypothetical ethnic type illustrated by or descended from early speakers of Indo-European languages, Nordic , c. — used in Nazism to designate a supposed master race of non-Jewish Caucasians usually having Nordic features of or relating to Indo-Iranian or its speakers, II. noun Date: 1851 Indo-European , 2. Nordic , gentile