n.
Pronunciation: ' a-r ē - ə n, ' er- ē -; ' är-y ə n
Function: adjective
Etymology: Sanskrit ā rya noble, belonging to an ancient people of northern India speaking an Indo-European dialect
Date: 1839
1 : INDO-EUROPEAN
2 a : of or relating to a hypothetical ethnic type illustrated by or descended from early speakers of Indo-European languages b : NORDIC c ― used in Nazism to designate a supposed master race of non-Jewish Caucasians usually having Nordic features
3 : of or relating to Indo-Iranian or its speakers