Aryan (disambiguation)

Aryan is a term expressing various ethno-linguistic or racial concepts.

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Aryan or Arya may refer to:

In meaning:

Aryan, a term expressing various meanings depending on who is using the term, the date of the publication in which the term is used, and how it is used:
- Arya (*arya-), Old Indic and Old Iranian word from which 'Aryan' (Indo-Iranian) derives
- Indo-Iranian, "pertaining to (speakers of) Indo-Iranian languages"
  - the prehistorical Proto-Indo-Iranians
  - Indo-Iranian peoples, people speaking the Indo-Iranian languages
    - Indo-Aryan languages
    - Indo-Aryan peoples, people speaking the Indo-Aryan languages
    - Iranian languages
    - Iranian peoples, people speaking the Iranian languages
      - People from a small region in eastern Parthia called Aria that was at that time believed to have been the original home of the Persian people
      - People from the larger area that Aria was regarded as a part of, Ariana
      - May be used to refer to the inhabitants of the Sassanian Empire, the name of which in Middle Persian, Eran Shah, means Aryan Empire
- a concept of "nobility" or "piety" in Hinduism and Buddhism, see Arya
- May be used to refer to the original Proto-Indo-Europeans in works published in the 19th century and early 20th century
- Indo-European (dated), "pertaining to the original speakers of Indo-European languages (the Proto-Indo-Europeans) and their present day descendents"
- Aryan race (dated), a concept deriving from the linguistic one, also defined as "pertaining to the original speakers of Indo-European languages (Proto-Indo-Europeans) and their present day descendants"
- A gentile of native Indo-European descent
- used for the Nordic race (dated) (with the Germanic peoples considered its best and "purest" representatives), a racialist concept called Nordicism developed by Ariosophy and later adopted by the Nazis as part of their master race ideology
- used in reference to the those defined as the white race in Neo-Nazism, i. e., those peoples belonging to the Western or European branch of the Indo-European peoples
- Aryan aliens, a synonym for Nordic aliens

In organizations:

Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization
Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist street gang and organized crime syndicate in the United States
Aryan Guard, an Alberta-based neo-Nazi group with members primarily located in the city of Calgary
White Aryan Resistance, a neo-Nazi white separatist organization
Aryan League, an Iranian Neo-Nazi political party
Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda
Arya F.C., an Iranian football club

In people:

Aryan Vaid (born 1974), an Indian male model
Aryan Khan (Afghan actor) (born 1980), an Afghan martial artist, model, dancer, singer and actor
Arya (actor) (born 1980), south Indian actor
Arya Ambekar (born 1994), a Marathi playback singer

In media:

Aryan (2013 film)
Aryan (2006 film)
Aryan (1988 film)
Arya (2004 film), a Telugu Tollywood film starring Allu Arjun
Arya (2007 film), a Tamil film starring R. Madhavan and Bhavana
Arya 2, a 2009 Telugu film
The Aryan, 1915 American silent film
Arya Dröttningu, a character from the Inheritance cycle book series
Arya (magazine), an Indian monthly periodical published by Hindu philosopher Sri Aurobindo from 1914 to 1921
Arya Stark, a character from George R. R. Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire

In geography:

Aryan, Alborz, a village in Alborz Province, Iran
Aryan, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
Aryan, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Arya (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Aryan (disambiguation)

See also