Revision History

loadingDate    Editor    Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM Mike C update #116
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM Mike C update #115
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM Mike C update #110
6/13/2019, 12:17 AM Mike C update #104
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM Mike C update #97
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM Mike C update #94
8/26/2016, 12:51 PM Mike C update #92
6/23/2007, 1:21 PM Mike C added

Gender Masculine & Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ʔɒː.ɾi.ˈjɒː/(Persian) /ʔɒːɾ.ˈjɒː/(Persian) /ˈaːɾ.jə/(Hindi) /ˈaːɾ.jaː/(Hindi, Malayalam) /ˈaːɾ.jɐ/(Malayalam)

Meaning & History

From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.