Aryan (disambiguation)

Aryan was a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people.

Aryan or Arya may also refer to:

Ethno-linguistics

• Indo-Iranians, a prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-Iranian language
  • Indo-Aryan peoples, people speaking the Indo-Aryan languages
    • List of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes
  • Iranian peoples, people speaking the Iranian languages
    • List of ancient Iranian peoples
  • Arya (Iran), self-designation of early Iranians from Greater Iran
    • Self-designation of the Alans, a group of Iranic nomads from the Eurasian steppe who formed the Alania kingdom
    • Self-designation of the Iranians in the Avesta
    • Self-designation of the Iranians in the Achaemenid Empire
    • People from Ariana, corresponding to Khorasan during the medieval period
    • Inhabitants of the Sasanian Empire
• Proto-Indo-Europeans (obsolute usage)
• 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
• Aryan languages (disambiguation)
• Aryan religion (disambiguation)

People

• Arya (name), a Persian and Indian given name (including a list of persons with the name)
  • Arya (actor) (born 1980), south Indian actor
  • Arya (actress), Indian actress
• Aryan (name), a given name and surname that is popular in India and Iran (including a list of persons with the name)
• Gabriel Arya (7th century AD), Syriac writer from Arabia

Organizations

• Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda
• Aryan Cargo Express, a cargo airline based in India
• Arya Vaidya Sala, a healthcare centre located in Kottakkal, India
• Aryans College of Law, a law college in Punjab, India
• The Aryan School, a co-education school in Dehradun, India
• PCK Aryan Vedic Hindu Aided School, a primary school in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius
• Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist street gang and organized crime syndicate in the United States
  • Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
  • Universal Aryan Brotherhood
• White Aryan Resistance, a neo-Nazi white separatist organization
  • White Aryan Resistance (Sweden), a militant neo-Nazi network active in Sweden
• Aryan Guard, a neo-Nazi group based in Alberta, Canada
• Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization
• Aryan Circle, a neo-Nazi prison gang in the United States
• Aryan Strikeforce, a neo-Nazi white supremacist group
• Aryan Freedom Network, an American neo-Nazi group that is based in Texas
• Soldiers of Aryan Culture, a white supremacist prison gang in the United States
• Aryan Republican Army, a white nationalist terrorist gang
• Aryan Nations Motorcycle Riders Division, a white supremacist outlaw motorcycle club

Films

• The Aryan, a 1915 American silent film
• Aryan (1988 film), an Indian Malayalam film
• The Aryan Couple, a 2004 Anglo-American English film
• Arya (2004 film), an Indian Telugu film
  • Arya 2, a 2009 Indian Telugu film
• Aryan (2006 film), an Indian Hindi film
• Aarya (film), a 2007 Indian Tamil film
• Aryan (2014 film), an Indian Kannada film
• Maharakshak: Aryan, a 2014 Indian television show
• Aarya (TV series), a 2020 Indian Hindi TV series
• Aryan Singh, fictional criminal featured in the 2006 Indian film Dhoom 2, played by Hritik Roshan
• Gopi Arya, a fictional R&AW handler in the Indian YRF Spy Universe, played by Ranvir Shorey
• Rishi Arya, another fictional R&AW agent in the 2023 Indian film Pathaan, portrayed by Viraf Patel

Places

• Aryavarta, meaning "land of the Aryans", the historic name of Northern India
• Ariana, ancient Greek and Roman term for Persian provinces
• Aria, ancient region of the Persian Empire
• Aryan Valley, a region in Ladakh, India
• Aryan, Afghanistan, a village in northeastern Afghanistan
• Aryan, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
• Aryan, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
• Varian, Iran, a village in Alborz Province, Iran
• Arya (urban-type settlement), a settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Other uses

• Arya (Buddhism)
• Airyanem Vaejah, mythological homeland of the early Iranians
• Aryan Kartli, a country claimed by the medieval Georgian chronicle
• Arya: A Philosophical Review, a monthly periodical published in India from 1914 to 1921
• The Aryan Path, an Anglo-Indian theosophical journal published in Bombay, India between 1930 and 1960
• Arya metre, a poetic metre used in Sanskrit and Prakrit verse
• Aryan FC, an Indian football club founded in 1884
• Arya F.C., an Iranian football club
• Aryan Brigade, a group of supervillains in DC Comics
• Aryanism, an ideology of Aryan racial supremacy
  • Aryanization, in Nazism, the expulsion of "non-Aryans"
  • Aryan paragraph, Nazi discriminatory regulation
  • Aryan certificate, Nazi-era document which certified one's membership of the alleged "Aryan race"
  • Honorary Aryan, Nazi-era classification of people
  • Aryan Games, a proposed replacement for the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany
  • Indigenous Aryanism, view that the Indo-Aryans are indigenous to India
• Nordic aliens or Aryan aliens

See also

• Ari (name) (Aryeh), an Aramaic given name used in a blessing in the Bible
• Ariane (rocket family), a series of space vehicles
• Arrian (86 A.D. – 2nd century A.D.), Greek historian
• Arya Vaisya (disambiguation), several castes
• Ayran, a yoghurt-based drink
• Araya (disambiguation)
• Ariya (disambiguation)
• Aria (disambiguation)
• Arian (disambiguation)
• Aryn (disambiguation)
• Aryabhata (disambiguation)