Indo-aryan Synonyms

ĭndō-ârē-ən, -ăr-
A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. indic
Of or relating to the former Indo-European people
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. indo-european
  2. aryan

Words Related to Indo-aryan

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. indo-iranian
  2. dravidian
  3. ergative
  4. malayo-polynesian

Indo-aryan Sentence Examples

  • Of the Indo-European family, the Iranian branch inhabits Persia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan; while the Indo-Aryan branch is spoken by the great mass of the people of northern India.

  • It is now used uniformly by scholars to indicate the Eastern branch as a whole, a compound, Indo-Aryan, being employed for that part of the Eastern branch which settled in India to distinguish them from the Iranians (Iran is of the same origin), who remained in Bactria and Persia, while Aryo-Indian is sometimes employed to distinguish the Indian people of this stock from the Dravidian and other stocks which also inhabit parts of the Indian peninsula.

  • This sound was frequent in the pro-ethnic period of the Indo-European languages and survived into the Indo-Aryan languages.

  • The great bulk of the Indo-Aryan or Hindu population consists of Uriyas, with a residue of immigrant Bengalis, Lala Kayets from Behar and northern India, Telingas from the Madras coast, Mahrattas from central and western India, a few Sikhs from the Punjab and Marwaris from Rajputana.