[Ary.an] adj [Skt arya noble, belonging to the people speaking an Indo-European dialect who migrated into northern India] (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 having esp. Nordic features
3: of or relating to Indo-Iranian or its speakers
[2]Aryan n (1851) 1: indo-european
2. a: nordic b: gentile