Hindi

Noun

आर्य • ‎(ārya) m ‎(Urdu spelling آریہ)

1. an Aryan (a speaker of an Indic language; an inhabitant of North India)

Adjective

आर्य • ‎(ārya) ‎(Urdu spelling آریہ)

1. Aryan

Sanskrit

Etymology

From one of the several Proto-Indo-Iranian *ar- verbal roots; see there for details.

Old Indic ārya- (with long-a, vriddhi-formed Sanskrit ā́rya-) is a cognate of Old Iranian arya- (with short-a, Avestan airya/airiia- and Old Persian ariya-). The term was used as a self-designator by both Indians and Iranians.

Noun

आर्य • ‎(ā́rya) m

1. (primary) an Indo-Aryan, i.e. an Ārya-, a self-designator of the peoples of Ancient India who speak Ārya language (ārya-bhāšā-)
   1. a speaker of the language of the Vedas (opposed to अनार्य ‎(an-ārya), दस्यु ‎(dasyu), दास ‎(dāsa))
   2. an inhabitant of आर्यावर्त ‎(āryā.varta)
   3. a member of the ārya.varna.
   4. one who is favourable to the Ārya- people/cause (RV. etc.)
2. (secondary) a person having the self-ascribed qualities of a speaker of Ārya language
   1. a respectable, honourable, faithful man
   2. one who is faithful to the religion of his country
   3. a man highly esteemed, a respectable, honourable man (Pañcat., Śak. etc.)
   4. in later times name of the first three castes, compare ārya.varna (opposed to शूद्र ‎(śūdra)) (late RV., AV., VS., MBh., Yājñ., Pañcat. etc.)
   5. an arí-, a master, an owner (L.)
   6. an aryamán, a friend (L.)
   7. a वैश्य ‎(vaiśya) (L.)
3. (from developments in Buddhist/Pali usage)
   1. Buddha
   2. (Buddhism) a man who has thought on the four chief truths of Buddhism and lives accordingly, a Buddhist priest (Pali अय्यो ‎(ayyo), or अरियो ‎(ariyo))
4. (proper noun) a son of Manu Sāvarṇa (Hariv.)

Declension

Adjective

आर्य • ‎(ā́rya)

1. (primary) Indo-Aryan, pertaining to peoples of ancient India who speak Ārya (:= Indo-Aryan) language
   1. pertaining to speakers of the language of the Vedas (opposed to अनार्य ‎(an-ārya), दस्यु ‎(dasyu), दास ‎(dāsa))
   2. pertaining to inhabitants of आर्यावर्त ‎(āryā.varta)
   3. pertaining to members of the ārya.varna
   4. pertaining to worshipers of the gods of the Vedas
2. (secondary) self-ascribed qualities of a person who speaks (an) Ārya language
   1. respectable, honourable, faithful
   2. faithful to the religion of his country
   3. behaving like an arya-, worthy of one, honourable, respectable, noble (R., Mn., Śak. etc.)
   4. of a good family
   5. excellent
   6. wise
   7. suitable

Declension

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0152