INDO-ARYAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indo-Aryan mean? 

• INDO-ARYAN (noun)
  The noun INDO-ARYAN has 1 sense:

1. a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages

  Familiarity information: INDO-ARYAN used as a noun is very rare.

• INDO-ARYAN (adjective)
  The adjective INDO-ARYAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the former Indo-European people

  Familiarity information: INDO-ARYAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDO-ARYAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Indic; Indo-Aryan

Hypernyms ("Indo-Aryan" is a kind of...):

Indo-Iranian; Indo-Iranian language (the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Indo-Aryan"):

Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)

Sindhi (the Indic language of Sind which is spoken also in western India)

Dard; Dardic; Dardic language (any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan)

Nepali (the official state language of Nepal)

Prakrit (any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD)

Prakrit (any of the modern Indic languages)

• INDO-ARYAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the former Indo-European people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Aryan; Indo-Aryan; Indo-European

Context example:

Indo-European migrations

Pertainym:

Indo-European (a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European)