# Aryan (disambiguation)

Aryan was a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people.
Aryan or Arya may also refer to:

## Ethno-linguistics

* Indo-Iranians, a prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-Iranian language which evolved into modern Indo-Iranian languages
** Indo-Aryan peoples, people speaking the Indo-Aryan languages and historically who spoke the Proto-Indo-Aryan language
*** List of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes
** Iranian peoples, people speaking the Iranian languages and historically who spoke the Proto-Iranian language
*** List of ancient Iranian peoples
** Arya (Iran), self-designation of early Iranians from Greater Iran
*** Self-designation of the Alans, a group of Iranic nomads from the Eurasian steppe who formed the Alania kingdom
*** Self-designation of the Iranians in the Avesta
*** Self-designation of the Iranians in the Achaemenid Empire
*** People from Ariana, corresponding to Khorasan during the medieval period
*** Inhabitants of the Sasanian Empire, the name of which in Middle Persian, Eran Shah, means Aryan Empire
* Proto-Indo-Europeans, in works published in the 19th century and early 20th century describing speakers of Proto-Indo-European language which evolved into modern Indo-European languages
* Aryan race (dated), a discredited racial grouping popular in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries in Europe
* Nordic race (dated), a racialist concept called "Nordicism" developed by Ariosophy and later adopted by the Nazis
* Nordic aliens or Aryan aliens
* Aryan language (disambiguation)
* Aryan languages (disambiguation)
* Aryan religion (disambiguation)

## People

* Arya (name), a Persian and Indian given name (including a list of persons with the name)
* Aryan (name), a given name and surname that is popular in India and Iran (including a list of persons with the name)
* Gabriel Arya (7th century AD), Syriac writer from Arabia

## Organizations

* Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda
* Aryan Cargo Express, a cargo airline based in India
* Arya Vaidya Sala, a healthcare centre located in Kottakkal, India
* Aryans College of Law, a law college in Punjab, India
* The Aryan School, a co-education school in Dehradun, India
* PCK Aryan Vedic Hindu Aided School, a primary school in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius
* Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist street gang and organized crime syndicate in the United States
** Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
** Universal Aryan Brotherhood
* White Aryan Resistance, a neo-Nazi white separatist organization
** White Aryan Resistance (Sweden), a militant neo-Nazi network active in Sweden
* Aryan Guard, a neo-Nazi group based in Alberta, Canada
* Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization
* Aryan Circle, a neo-Nazi prison gang in the United States
* Aryan Strikeforce, a neo-Nazi white supremacist group
* Aryan Freedom Network, an American neo-Nazi group that is based in Texas
* Soldiers of Aryan Culture, a white supremacist prison gang in the United States
* Aryan Republican Army, a white nationalist terrorist gang
* Aryan Nations Motorcycle Riders Division, a white supremacist outlaw motorcycle club

## Films

* The Aryan, a 1915 American silent film
* Aryan (1988 film), an Indian Malayalam film
* The Aryan Couple, a 2004 Anglo-American English film
* Arya (2004 film), an Indian Telugu film
** Arya 2, a 2009 Indian Telugu film
* Aryan (2006 film), an Indian Hindi film
* Aarya (film), a 2007 Indian Tamil film
* Aryan (2014 film), an Indian Kannada film
* Maharakshak: Aryan, a 2014 Indian television show
* Aarya (TV series), a 2020 Indian Hindi TV series

## Places

* Aryavarta, meaning "land of the Aryans", the historic name of Northern India
* Ariana, ancient Greek and Roman term for Persian provinces
* Aria, ancient region of the Persian Empire
* Aryan Valley, a region in Ladakh, India
* Aryan, Afghanistan, a village in northeastern Afghanistan
* Aryan, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
* Aryan, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
* Varian, Iran, a village in Alborz Province, Iran
* Arya (urban-type settlement), a settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

## Other uses

* Arya (Buddhism)
* Airyanem Vaejah, mythological homeland of the early Iranians
* Aryan Kartli, a country claimed by the medieval Georgian chronicle
* Arya: A Philosophical Review, a monthly periodical published in India from 1914 to 1921
* The Aryan Path, an Anglo-Indian theosophical journal published in Bombay, India between 1930 and 1960
* Arya metre, a poetic metre used in Sanskrit and Prakrit verse
* Aryan FC, an Indian football club founded in 1884
* Arya F.C., an Iranian football club
* Aryan Brigade, a group of supervillains in DC Comics
* Aryanism, an ideology of Aryan racial supremacy
** Aryanization, in Nazism, the expulsion of "non-Aryans"
** Aryan paragraph, Nazi discriminatory regulation
** Aryan certificate, Nazi-era document which certified one's membership of the alleged "Aryan race"
** Honorary Aryan, Nazi-era classification of people
** Aryan Games, a proposed replacement for the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany
** Indigenous Aryanism, view that the Indo-Aryans are indigenous to India