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Arya¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble, respectable”). Doublet of Aryan and Iran.

noun Aryas · Ārya

  1. An Indo-Iranian, an Aryan. The Aryas gradually spread themselves over the plain of the Ganges. After a time, the whole country between the Himalayas and the Vindhya Mountains was called Aryavarta, the abode of the Aryas.
  2. A follower of Arya Samaj.
  3. An Adherent to Vedism The Brahmos are chiefly in Bengal, the Aryas in the North-West and the Punjab.

proper noun Ārya

  1. A male given name from Sanskrit.
  2. A surname.

Arya²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit आर्या (āryā), feminine of आर्य (ā́rya, “noble, respectable”). Doublet of Aryan and Iran.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Sanskrit. Arya Nielsen, a senior clinical faculty member at our Institute, has also demonstrated this in her excellent work on surface stimulation […]
  2. A surname. For quotations using this term, see Citations:Arya.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sura, aya, aryana, aryanna, ariya, aryanne, aanya, aryaman, aritra, aaryanna, ariana, arpita, aria, aishwarya, arianna, asha

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name female given name

हिन्दीआर्या āryā
PortuguêsÁria
РусскийА́рия Árija
עבריתאריה aryé

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"Arya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/arya. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Arya. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/arya

Chicago

"Arya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/arya.

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@misc{arya_2026,
  title = {Arya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}