Indo-Aryan

/ˌɪndoʊ ˌɛriən/

Definitions of Indo-Aryan

1. noun

   a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
   synonyms: Indic

   types:

   Sanskrit, Sanskritic language

   (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes

   Sindhi

   the Indic language of Sind which is spoken also in western India

   Dard, Dardic, Dardic language

   any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan

   Nepali

   the official state language of Nepal

   Prakrit

   any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD

   Prakrit

   any of the modern Indic languages

   Gypsy, Romany

   the Indic language of the Gypsies

   Urdu

   the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script

   Hindi

   the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script

   Bihari

   the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh)

   Magadhan

   a subfamily of Indic languages

   Mahratti, Marathi

   an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script

   Gujarati, Gujerati

   the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India

   Panjabi, Punjabi

   the Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India

   Singhalese, Sinhala, Sinhalese

   the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka

   Shina

   a Dardic language spoken in northern Kashmir

   Khowar

   a Dardic language spoken in northwestern Pakistan

   Kafiri

   a Dardic language spoken by the Kafir in northeastern Afghanistan

   Kashmiri

   the official state language of Kashmir

   Pali

   an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism

   type of:

   Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language

   the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups
2. adjective

   of or relating to the former Indo-European people
   synonyms: Aryan, Indo-European