Definition of Indo-Aryan in English:
Indo-Aryan
adjectiveɪndəʊˈɛːrɪənˌɪndoʊˈɛriən
1Relating to or denoting an Indo-European people who invaded north-western India in the 2nd millennium BC.
See Aryan
Example sentencesExamples
- This one is the oldest of the collections of Indo-Aryan mantras and hymns, dating from about 2000-1700 BCE.
- This also explains the similarities between Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages or Persian, Turkish and Hindustani.
- In South Asia, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages are spoken.
- A group called Dom belonged to the aboriginal peoples of India but had adopted the Hindu religion and an Indo-Aryan language derived from Sanskrit.
- The argument is centered on the analysis of the Indo-Aryan myth of a golden age, as recounted in Europe and India from the Enlightenment to the present.
2Relating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages that are its descendants.
Also called Indic
Definition of Indo-Aryan in US English:
Indo-Aryan
adjectiveˌɪndoʊˈɛriənˌindōˈerēən
1Relating to or denoting an Indo-European people who invaded northwestern India in the 2nd millennium BC.
See Aryan
Example sentencesExamples
- A group called Dom belonged to the aboriginal peoples of India but had adopted the Hindu religion and an Indo-Aryan language derived from Sanskrit.
- The argument is centered on the analysis of the Indo-Aryan myth of a golden age, as recounted in Europe and India from the Enlightenment to the present.
- This also explains the similarities between Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages or Persian, Turkish and Hindustani.
- This one is the oldest of the collections of Indo-Aryan mantras and hymns, dating from about 2000-1700 BCE.
- In South Asia, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages are spoken.
2Relating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages that are its descendants.
Also called Indic