INDO-ARYAN Definition & Meaning

Indo-Aryan

[ in-doh-air-ee-uhn, -yuhn, -ar-; -ahr-yuhn ]

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noun

Indic ( def 1 ).
a member of any of the peoples speaking an Indic language such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, or Urdu.

adjective

Indic ( def 3 ).
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Indo-Aryans or their languages.

Indo-Aryan

adjective

another word for Indic

noun

another name for Indic
a native speaker of an Indo-Aryan language

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Indo-Aryan¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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Theories have linked it to early Brahmi scripts, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages, Sumerian, and even claimed it's just made up of political or religious symbols.

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But some of the earliest Buddhist sutras were written around the 5th or 6th century A.D., in the Indo-Aryan language called Pali. which is far less specific than Sanskrit.

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"Other linguists and I were able to collect a hundred or so words which suggested that this language belongs to Indo-Aryan sub family of languages."

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Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-Aryan group of languages and is the root of many Indian languages.

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Sanskrit is a language which belongs to the Indo-Aryan group and is the root of many, but not all Indian languages.

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