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# aryan

«aryan» in Mova's school dictionary: **Aryan was an old name for the ancient people who spoke…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Aryan); noun (an Aryan, Aryans)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (history) Aryan was an old name for the ancient people who spoke early Indo-Iranian languages in Iran and northern India; «arya» meant «noble» in Sanskrit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#m1)

2) (history, Nazi) The Nazis in Germany misused «Aryan» to mean a made-up «master race» of white, often blond, people; this idea was false and cruel and was used to justify the Holocaust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#m2)

3) (a name) Aryan (also spelled Aarya or Arian) is also a boy's name in India and elsewhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in history lessons on ancient India and Iran and on Nazi Germany and the Second World War; it teaches how racist ideas are false and dangerous. Scientists today say «Indo-European» or «Indo-Iranian» for the languages.

### examples

- The Nazis falsely claimed that «Aryans» were better than other people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x1)
- There is no such thing as a master race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x2)
- The name Iran comes from an old word linked to «Aryan». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x3)
- In ancient Sanskrit, «arya» meant «noble». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x4)
- Hitler's ideas about an «Aryan race» led to terrible crimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x5)
- My classmate's name is Aryan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/#x6)

### note

Written with a capital A. Pronounced AIR-ee-un. Because of its Nazi misuse, the word is avoided in science today; there is no «Aryan race». As a name in India it is common and respectful.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aryan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aryan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.