aryan

Other forms of aryan

plural

aryans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aryan

What does aryan mean?

aryan means "(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aryan?

aryan has 3 syllables: a-ry-an. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹiən/.

What is another word for aryan?

Close synonyms include Indo-European, Indo-European, Indo-Aryan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aryan a common word?

aryan is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.