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Proto-Indo-Aryan

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Aryam language, or the people who spoke it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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name

Meaning 2

The reconstructed proto-language —having descended from Proto-Indo-Iranian— that is the immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan.

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noun

Meaning 3

A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Aryan language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hindi: आदिम-हिन्द-आर्य (ādim-hind-ārya) — pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Aryan language, or the people who spoke it
  • Hindi: आदिम-हिन्द-आर्य (ādim-hind-ārya) — immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan
  • Hindi: आदिम-हिन्द-आर्य (ādim-hind-ārya) — person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Aryan language