*H-r- “noble”
PMA arya “lord, master” Sanskrit, also a:rya “noble, member of four castes, of honorable character” Sanskrit arya “a man; a woman of upper three castes; a woman of the Vaisya caste” Sanskrit IENH 387 : *H[a|ë]r- “to be superior, to be higher in status or rank, to be above or over” Proto-Nostratic > *Hh[e|a]r-yo- “a superior, a person higher in status or rank” Proto-IndoEuropean *H[a|ë]r- “to be superior, to be higher in status or rank, to be above or over” Proto-AfroAsiatic IENH 429 : *?[a|ë]r- “associated or related person or thing; associate, companion, friend; kinsman, associated, related” Proto-Nostratic > *?(e|o)r- “associated, related” Proto-IndoEuropean *?[a|ë]r- “associated or related person or thing: associate, companion, friend; kinsman” Proto-AfroAsiatic SIG, VISW, IESSG *H-r- Pre-IndoEuropean-Semitic *ar- Proto-IndoEuropean airya- Avestan ariya- Old Persian Xarri cuneiform inscriptions in Boghaz-köi (although written in Assyrian, which has lost its laryngeals, the initial laryngeal survives in this name of a people) árya-, á:rya- “person of the three upper castes” Sanskrit personal names Aria- Scythian Ario- Celtic *H-r- Semitic single redupl. *H-r-r- Semitic Harra “was free” II “he freed (a slave)” V “(a slave) became free” Arabic muHarrarun part “freed from slavery” Arabic HurruN “free, true, the best (of anything)” Arabic HurratuN f. “free, pure, noble (of woman or she-camel)” Arabic Hurri:yatun “the state of freedom”, coll. “free persons, the eminent, noble persons (of a people)” Arabic Ho:ri:m plur. “the noble, free-born” Hebrew br Hry “free born” Nabat. Palmyr. *He:rå “free” Syrian 'arnat (H > ') “freedom” Amharic Hara:wi “free man > soldier” Ethiopian EIEC *H2er- “put together” *H2erós / *H2eryos “member of one´s own (ethnic) group, peer; freeman, (Indo-Iranian) Aryan” *H2eros- ara:- “member of one's own group, peer, companion, friend” Hittite further derivatives: ara:wa- “free from” Hittite ara:wahh- “set free from” Hittite ara:wanni- “free, freeman” Hittite arawa- “free (from)” Lycian arus- “citizens” Lycian *H2eryos aire “freeman (whether commoner or noble), noble (as distinct from commoner)” Old Irish airya- “Aryan (i.e. Iranian in the larger sense” Avestan ariya- “Aryan” Old Persian arí- “attached to; faithful, a faithful devoted person, kinsman” Sanskrit aryá- “kind, favorable; attached to; true, devoted” Sanskrit árya- “Aryan; one who is fathful to the Vedic religion” Sanskrit *H2éro/eH2- “fitting” a:ra “what is fitting, right, proper, fas” Hittite arëm “fittingly enough” Avestan *ara-mati- a:rmaiti “right thought” Avestan áram “fittingly enough” Sanskrit ara:-mati “right thought, devotion” Sanskrit eva:ra “truly fitting, just right” Sanskrit *H2eru- “pray, curse” aráomai “pray, vow, call down curses” Greek aré “prayer for evil, curse; ruin, mischief” Greek kátarwos “accursed” Arcadian Greek *H2e:rut- hi:rut “curse” Luvian PMS ur “man, human” Sumerian PMA ara, arai, ari- “chief, lord” Arosi ari'i- “chiefly caste, chief” common Polynesian, Arosi araha- “chief” common Melanesian ari- “king, chief, ruler” Ilocano “chief” Arosi h-ari- “king, ruler” Tagalog ali'i- “chief, chiefly caste” Hawai'i alaha- “chief, chiefly caste” common Melanesian alaka'i “leader, guide, director” Hawai'i ariki- “chief” Maori aromman?- “well-bred person” Marshall Is. ali- “man” Lavukaleve (airai, dl.) Kewa aira- “woman” Lavukaleve aali- “man” Wiru ari- Sakao aris- Unua arar- Port Sandwich, Mae-Morae aru- Tate, Api uri- “race, species” Philippines orang- “man, people” common Indonesia uran- Cham oran- Malay orot- Ubir oerang- Bacan oloto- Taupota, Kakabai olona- Malagasy uru- Osum orotona- “male” Wedau Back