Aryan, or Arya, was a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people.
Aryan or Arya may also refer to:
Ethnography and linguistics Indo-Iranians, or Ā́rya or Aryans a prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-Iranian language Indo-Aryan peoples, people speaking the Indo-Aryan languages List of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes Iranian peoples, people speaking the Iranian languages List of ancient Iranian peoples Arya (Iran), self-designation of early Iranians from Greater Iran Self-designation of the Alans, a group of Iranic nomads from the Eurasian steppe who formed the Alania kingdom Self-designation of the Iranians in the Avesta Self-designation of the Iranians in the Achaemenid Empire People from Ariana, corresponding to Khorasan during the medieval period Inhabitants of the Sasanian Empire Proto-Indo-Europeans (obsolete usage) Aryan race, a pseudoscientific historical race concept from the late-19th century associated with Nazism and Nordicism Aryanism, an ideology of racial supremacy Nordic race, an obsolete racial classification Aryan languages (disambiguation) Aryan religion (disambiguation)
People Arya (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Arya (actor) (born 1980), south Indian actor Arya (actress), Indian actress Aryan (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Businesses and organizations Aryan Cargo Express, a cargo airline based in India Aryans College of Law, in Punjab, India The Aryan School, in Dehradun, India
Film
The Aryan, a 1916 American silent film Aryan (1988 film), an Indian Malayalam film Arya (2004 film), an Indian Telugu film Arya 2, 2009 Aryan (2006 film), an Indian Hindi film Aarya (film), a 2007 Indian Tamil film Aryan (2014 film), an Indian Kannada film Maharakshak: Aryan, a 2014 Indian TV show Aarya (TV series), a 2020 Indian Hindi TV series
Places Aryan, Afghanistan Aryan, Kurdistan, Iran Aryan, Razavi Khorasan, Iran Varian, Iran, a village in Alborz Province, Iran Arya (urban-type settlement), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia Aryan Valley, a region in Ladakh, India
Other uses Arya (Buddhism), a term with several uses Arya: A Philosophical Review, a monthly periodical in India 1914–1921 Arya metre, a poetic metre used in Sanskrit and Prakrit verse Aryan FC, a football club in Kolkata, West Bengal, India Arya F.C., a football club in Mashhad, Iran Arya, a chatbot operated by the alt-tech social networking site Gab The Aryan, a newspaper briefly published by Sunder Singh
See also Ari (name) Aria (region), centered on the city of Herat Ariane (rocket family), a series of space vehicles Arrian (86 A.D. – 2nd century A.D.), Greek historian Arya Vaisya (disambiguation), several castes Araya (disambiguation) Aria (disambiguation) Arian (disambiguation) Ariana (disambiguation) Ariya (disambiguation) Aryn (disambiguation) Ayran, a yoghurt-based drink