Ārya

Nomen Ārya (Sanscritice आर्य, lingua Avestana quidem airya vel airyan) cf. Latine Ariani, deductum a radice Protoindoeuropaea *ar-yo significans fere "bene compositum") in ratione ethnologica et linguistica adhibetur. Ceterum etiam ex 19 saeculo ad confirmandas doctrinas rassisticas adhibetur et imprimis propter regimen Nazisticum notum est.

Bibliographia

• Bronkhorst, J.; Deshpande, M.M., edd. (1999). Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia: Evidence, Interpretation, and Ideology. Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University. ISBN 1-888789-04-2