1Relating to or denoting a people speaking an Indo-European language who invaded northern India in the 2nd millennium BC, displacing the Dravidian and other aboriginal peoples.
1.2 (in Nazi ideology) relating to or denoting people of Caucasian race not of Jewish descent.
1A member of the ancient Aryan people.
1.1mass noun The language of the Aryan people.
1.2 (in Nazi ideology) a person of Caucasian race not of Jewish descent.
From Sanskrit ārya ‘noble’ + -an.