Pronunciation: ˌ in-d ō - ' er- ē - ə n, - ' är-y ə n
Function: noun
Date: 1881
1 : a member of one of the peoples of the Indian subcontinent speaking an Indo-European language
2 : one of the early Indo-European invaders of southern Asia
3 : a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and other languages spoken primarily in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka ― see INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES table
– Indo-Aryan adjective