Indo-Aryan

Indo-Aryan
noun Date: 1881 1. a member of one of the peoples of the Indian subcontinent speaking an Indo-European language 2. one of the early Indo-European invaders of southern Asia 3. a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and other languages spoken primarily in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka — see Indo-European languages table • Indo-Aryan adjective

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