Meanings
- A branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family.
Indo-Aryan has a very long history of attestation, from around 1400 bc to the present […]
2017, John J. Lowe, Transitive Nouns and Adjectives: Evidence from Early Indo-Aryan, →ISBN, page 532 more examples
Such a situation is not unusual in the history of languages, but Indo-Aryan has a very virulent case of the disease.
1969, Gordon H. Fairbanks, “Comparative Indo-Aryan”, in Thomas A. Seboek, editor, Current Trends in Linguistics, volume 5, Linguistics in South Asia, page 40This is another way in which a depiction of the historical developments in Indo-Aryan bears on the theory of phrase structure generally, and on the rise of adpositional phrases in Indo-European specifically, showing us alternative pathways of change.
2016, Uta Reinöhl, Grammaticalization and the Rise of Configurationality in Indo-Aryan, →ISBN, page 9Synonyms: Indic
comparative more Indo-Aryan · superlative most Indo-Aryan
- Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Synonyms: Indic
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family.
adjectiveOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to the former Indo-European people
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic هِنْدِيّ-آرِيّ
- هِنْدِيّ-آرِيّ (hindiyy-ʔāriyy)family of languages
Catalan indoari, indoari
- indoarifamily of languages
- indoariOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Chinese Mandarin 印度-雅利安語 /印度-雅利安语
- 印度-雅利安語 /印度-雅利安语 (Yìndù-Yǎlì'ān-yǔ)family of languages
Czech indoárijský
- indoárijskýOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Dutch Indo-Arisch
- Indo-ArischOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Finnish indoarjalainen, indoarjalainen
- indoarjalainenfamily of languages
- indoarjalainenOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
- indoarjalainenA speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.
French indo-aryen
- indo-aryenfamily of languages
German Indoarisch, indoarisch
- Indoarischfamily of languages
- indoarischOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Hindi हिंद-आर्य, हिंद-आर्य
- हिंद-आर्य (hind-ārya)family of languages
- हिंद-आर्य (hind-ārya)Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
- हिंद-आर्य (hind-ārya)A speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.
Hungarian indoárja, indoárja
- indoárjafamily of languages
- indoárjaOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Japanese インド語
- インド語 (Indo-go)family of languages
Persian هندوآریایی
- هندوآریایی (hendo-âriyâyi)family of languages
Polish języki indoaryjskie, indoaryjski
- języki indoaryjskiefamily of languages
- indoaryjskiOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
- IndoaryjczykA speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.
- IndoaryjkaA speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.
Portuguese indo-ariano
- indo-arianoOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Russian индоари́йский, индоарийский
- индоари́йский (indoaríjskij)family of languages
- индоарийский (indoarijskij)Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Slovak indoárijský
- indoárijskýOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Spanish indo-ario
- indo-ariofamily of languages
Swedish indoarisk
- indoariskOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Turkish Hint-Aryan, Hint-Aryan
- Hint-AryanOf or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
- Hint-AryanA speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.
Ukrainian індоарійський
- індоарійський (indoarijsʹkyj)Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Urdu ہند آریائی, ہند آریائی
- ہند آریائی (hind āriyā'ī)family of languages
- ہند آریائی (hind āriyā'ī)Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Cite this entry
Indo-Aryan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indo-Aryan
“Indo-Aryan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indo-Aryan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indo-Aryan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indo-Aryan.
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