INDO-ARYAN


Meaning of INDO-ARYAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌin-dō-ˈer-ē-ən, -ˈär-yən ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.