آریہ

Urdu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas, the term was revived during the 19^th century inquest into Indo-Iranian heritage, history, and language. Compare Persian آریا (âriyâ, “Aryan”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾ.jᵊ/

Noun

آریہ • (ārya) m or f (Hindi spelling आर्य)

1. Aryan, Indo-Iranian, the eastern branch of the Indo-European peoples

   اردو ایک آریہ زبان ہے

   urdū ēk ārya zubān hai

   Urdu is an Aryan language

Adjective

آریہ • (ārya)

1. noble; honorable, respectable

Derived terms

• آرْیائی (āryā'ī)
• آرْیَہ پُرُش (ārya-puruš, “Aryan”)
• آرْیَہ مِہْر (ārya-mihr, literally “light of the Aryans”)
• آریَہ وَرت (ārya-varat, “Aryavarta”)

References

• “آریہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آریہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “آریہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “آریہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.