Aryan

Aryan is an English word derived from the Sanskrit ārya meaning "noble" or "distinguished". In present-day academia the term "Indo-Iranian" and "Indo-European" is preferred, term "Aryan" being now mostly limited to its appearance in the term "Indo-Aryan" to represent speakers of North, West and Central Indian languages.

In the Theosophical literature "Aryan" is the name given to the fifth Root-Race.