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Proto-Indo-Aryan

Proto-Indo-Aryan proper noun: the reconstructed proto-language —having descended from Proto-Indo-Iranian— that is the immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan.

Proper noun

Proto-Indo-Aryan

  1. The reconstructed proto-language —having descended from Proto-Indo-Iranian— that is the immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan.

Noun

Proto-Indo-Aryan (countable and uncountable, plural Proto-Indo-Aryans)

  1. (countable) A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Aryan language.

Adjective

Proto-Indo-Aryan (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Aryam language, or the people who spoke it.

Proto-Indo-Aryan meaning in Hindi

Proto-Indo-Aryan in Hindi

immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan
आदिम-हिन्द-आर्य ādim-hind-ārya
person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Aryan language
आदिम-हिन्द-आर्य ādim-hind-ārya
pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Aryan language, or the people who spoke it
आदिम-हिन्द-आर्य ādim-hind-ārya

Forms of Proto-Indo-Aryan

pluralProto-Indo-Aryans

Questions about Proto-Indo-Aryan

What does Proto-Indo-Aryan mean?
Proto-Indo-Aryan means the reconstructed proto-language —having descended from Proto-Indo-Iranian— that is the immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan.
What is Proto-Indo-Aryan in Hindi?
Proto-Indo-Aryan in Hindi is आदिम-हिन्द-आर्य (ādim-hind-ārya). See Proto-Indo-Aryan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Proto-Indo-Aryan?
Proto-Indo-Aryan can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.

Words near Proto-Indo-Aryan in the dictionary

  1. proto-humans
  2. proto-imperialism
  3. proto-imperialist
  4. proto-imperialists
  5. Proto-Indo-Anatolian
  6. Proto-Indo-Aryan
  7. Proto-Indo-Aryans
  8. Proto-Indo-European
  9. Proto-Indo-Europeans
  10. Proto-Indo-Germanic
  11. Proto-Indo-Hittite

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