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Aryo Widiardi
Aryan was a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people. Aryan or Arya may also refer to: Ethno-linguistics * Indo-Iranians, a prehistoric people ** Indo-Aryan languages ** Indo-Aryan peoples, people speaking the Indo-Aryan languages ** Iranian languages ** Iranian peoples, people speaking the Iranian languages *** People from the Aria (region), Aria region during antiquity, now Herat in western Afghanistan *** People from Ariana, the larger area that Aria was a part of, corresponding to Khorasan during the medieval period *** Inhabitants of the Sasanian Empire, the name of which in Middle Persian, ''Eran Shah'', means ''Aryan Empire'' * Proto-Indo-Europeans, in works published in the 19th century and early 20th century * Aryan race (dated), a discredited racial grouping popular in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries in Europe * Nordic race (dated), a racialist concept called "Nordicism" developed by Ariosophy and later adopted by the Nazis * Nordic aliens or ''Aryan aliens'' * Aryan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aryan
Aryan or Arya (, Indo-Iranian *''arya'') is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*''an-arya''). In Ancient India, the term ''ā́rya'' was used by the Indo-Aryan speakers of the Vedic period as an endonym (self-designation) and in reference to the geographic region known as '' Āryāvarta'' ('abode of the Aryas'), where the Indo-Aryan culture emerged. In the ''Avesta'' scriptures, ancient Iranian peoples similarly used the term ''airya'' to designate themselves as an ethnic group, and in reference to their mythical homeland, '' Airyanem Waēǰō'' ('stretch of the Aryas'). The root also forms the etymological source of place names such as ''Iran'' (*''Aryānām'') and '' Alania'' (*''Aryāna-''). Although the root ''*arya-'' may be of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) origin, its use as an ethnocultural self-designation is only attested among Indo-Iranian peoples, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
