aryan

An adjective historically used in linguistics and ethnology to refer to the Indo-European language family or its speakers; now largely obsolete and strongly associated with discredited racial ideologies, particularly Nazism.

• 🌐صفة استُخدمت تاريخيًا في اللسانيات والإثنولوجيا للإشارة إلى الأسرة اللغوية الهندوأوروبية أو الناطقين بها؛ وهي اليوم مهجورة إلى حد كبير ومرتبطة ارتباطًا وثيقًا بإيديولوجيات عنصرية منبوذة، ولا سيما النازية.

1. Relating to a prehistoric people C1 formal scientific

   Relating to or denoting a prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of many European and Asian languages.

   • The Aryan migration theory has been a subject of linguistic study.
   • Scholars debate the original homeland of the Aryan peoples.
   • The term Aryan was historically used to describe the Indo-European language family.

   🌐متعلق بشعب ما قبل التاريخ

   المرادفات: indo-european

2. Nazi racial ideology C1 formal political

   A term used in Nazi ideology to describe a supposed 'master race' of Nordic or Caucasian descent, excluding Jewish people. This usage is now widely condemned as racist and pseudoscientific.

   • The Nazis perverted the term Aryan to justify their horrific racial policies.
   • The concept of an Aryan race has been thoroughly discredited by modern science.
   • Using the term Aryan in a racial context is associated with hate speech.

   🌐آري (في الأيديولوجيا النازية)

   المرادفات: germanicnordicteutonic

• more aryan comparative form
• most aryan superlative form

اسم علم

A noun referring to a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-European, or, according to Nazi doctrine, a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew).

• 🌐اسم يشير إلى فرد من شعب قديم كان يتحدث باللغة الهندية الأوروبية البدائية، أو وفقًا للعقيدة النازية إلى شخص من العرق الأبيض ذي الأصل الشمالي (غير يهودي).

1. Historical linguistic group C1 formal

   A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of many European and Asian languages.

   • Linguists study the migrations of the ancient Aryans.
   • The term Aryan was originally used to describe a language group.
   • Scholars debate the cultural practices of the early Aryan peoples.

   🌐المجموعة اللغوية التاريخية

   المرادفات: indo-european

2. Nazi ideological term C1 formal

   A term used in Nazi ideology to describe a supposed Caucasian race of Nordic descent, excluding Jews and other groups.

   • The Nazis distorted the term Aryan to support their racist policies.
   • The concept of a pure Aryan race has been widely discredited.
   • Historical analysis shows the misuse of the term Aryan in propaganda.

   🌐المصطلح الآري في الأيديولوجية النازية

• aryans plural form
• aryans' possessive plural form
• aryan's possessive singular form