- Arya (Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀,
airiia; Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹, ariyaʰ;
Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭫, er; Parthian: 𐭀𐭓𐭉, ary; Bactrian: αρια, aria) was the...
- and aryān
derives from Old
Iranian *arya- ([Old Persian] airya-,
Avestan airiia-, etc.),
meaning "Aryan", in the
sense of "of the Iranians". This term is...
- (Persian: ایرج, romanized: ʾīraj; Pahlavi: ērič; from Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀
airiia,
literally "Aryan") is the
seventh Shah of the
Pishdadian dynasty, depicted...
- of the Avesta,
exclusively used the term
airya (Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀,
airiia) to
refer to themselves. It can be
found in a
number geographical terms...
- "Aryan" (OInd. ā́rya-, Ir. *arya- [with
short a-], in Old Pers. ariya-, Av.
airiia-, etc.) is the self-designation of the
peoples of
Ancient India and Ancient...
- (in Parthian), both
deriving from Old
Persian ariya- (𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹),
Avestan airiia- (𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀) and Proto-Iranian *arya-.
There have been many attempts...
-
people of the
Avesta consistently use the term Arya (Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀,
airiia) as a self designation. In
Western Iran, the same term (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹...
- Old
Persian ariya-, and in Zoroastrianism's
Avesta tradition as
Avestan airiia-/airya, etc. It is "very likely" that
Ardashir I's use of
Middle Iranian...
- of the five
peoples following the
Zoroastrian religion,
along with the
Aⁱriia- (𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀), Tūⁱriia- (𐬙𐬏𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀), Saⁱrima- (𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬀), and...
- "other"; aryas, Aryan, "else" Av anya-, ainya-,
OPers aniya- "other"; Av
airiia, Aryan, "friend", "faithful",
airiio "elsehow";
Ossetian ändär "other";...
