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Help[Facts] Re: Information on Ariya
in reply to a message by teacup chip
It's likely the Thai form of the Indian name Arya, which as you can see on the site means "noble". It was used as a demonym by a group that settled in what is now the north half of India and Pakistan.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/arya-
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/arya-
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