Where does “Arya” come from?
Arya comes from Sanskrit आर्य, from Proto-Indo-European áryas, a term of uncertain ultimate origin whose meaning in the earliest attested forms remains unknown.
Ancestry of “Arya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | आर्य | an Indo-Aryan, i.e. an Ārya, a self-designator of... |
| 2 | Pali | อริย | Thai script form of ariya |