Where does “आर्य” come from?

आर्य (Sanskrit) comes from Pali อริย — Thai script form of ariya.

आर्य (Sanskrit): an Indo-Aryan, i.e. an Ārya, a self-designator of...

Definitions

  1. an Indo-Aryan, i.e. an Ārya, a self-designator of...

Ancestry of “आर्य”, step by step

आर्य traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali อริย

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PaliอริยThai script form of ariya

via Proto-Indo-Iranian Áryas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianÁryasautonymic ethnonym of the respective...

via Indo-Iranian *Áryas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-Iranian*Áryas

Words derived from “आर्य

Every word from Pali อริย