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INDO-ARYAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
Synonyms:
Indic; Indo-Aryan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Indo-Aryan" is a kind of...):
Indo-Iranian; Indo-Iranian language (the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Indo-Aryan"):
Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)
Sindhi (the Indic language of Sind which is spoken also in western India)
Dard; Dardic; Dardic language (any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan)
Nepali (the official state language of Nepal)
Prakrit (any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD)
Prakrit (any of the modern Indic languages)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the former Indo-European people
Example:
Indo-European migrations
Synonyms:
Aryan; Indo-Aryan; Indo-European
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Indo-European (a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European)
