雅利安

Yǎlìān

proper noun #20,169

Meanings

1 Aryan
2 Indo-Iranian (linguistic/historical)

Characters

elegant (phonetic)

benefit (phonetic)

peace (phonetic)

Examples

雅利安语族包括许多欧亚语言。

Yǎlìān yǔzú bāokuò xǔduō Ōuyà yǔyán.

The Aryan language family includes many Eurasian languages.

纳粹德国歪曲了雅利安这一概念。

Nàcuì Déguó wāiqū le Yǎlìān zhè yī gàiniàn.

Nazi Germany distorted the concept of Aryan.

Tips

history

Originally, 雅利安 referred to ancient Indo-Iranian peoples and the Proto-Indo-European language family. The term was later misappropriated by 19th-century European racial theorists and weaponized by Nazi ideology, giving it a deeply problematic connotation in modern usage.

Stroke Order

雅 yǎ

利 lì

安 ān