Proto-Indo-Aryan
English
Proper noun
- The reconstructed proto-language —having descended from Proto-Indo-Iranian— that is the immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan.
Translations
immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan
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Noun
Proto-Indo-Aryan (countable and uncountable, plural Proto-Indo-Aryans)
- (anthropology, countable) A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Aryan language.
Translations
person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Aryan language
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Adjective
Proto-Indo-Aryan (not comparable)
- (linguistics, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Aryam language, or the people who spoke it.
Translations
pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Aryan language, or the people who spoke it
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Related terms
- Proto-Indo-Iranian language
- Proto-Indo-European language
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Indo-Aryan terms