What is "arian"

Aryan \Ar"yan\ ([aum]r"yan or [a^]r"[i^]*an), n. [Skr. [=a]rya excellent, honorable; akin to the name of the country Iran, and perh. to Erin, Ireland, and the early name of this people, at least in Asia.]

1. One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindu Kush and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindu, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.

2. The language of the original Aryans. [Written also Arian.]

3. (Nazism) a non-Jewish caucasian of Nordic stock; -- a classification used by Nazis, having no anthropological basis. [Written also Arian.]

Arian \Ar"ian\, a. & n. (Ethnol.) See Aryan.

Arian \A"ri*an\, a. [L. Arianus.] Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings. -- n. One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius.
--Mosheim.

1530s, pertaining to the doctrines of Arius, priest in Alexandria early 4c., who posed the question of Christ's nature in terms which appeared to debase the Savior's relation to God (denial of consubstantiation). Besides taking an abstract view of Christ's nature, he reaffirmed man's capacity for perfection. The dissention was widespread and split the Church for about a century during a crucial time.

Arian may refer to:

• Arius, a Christian presbyter in the 3rd and 4th century
• a given name in different cultures: Aria, Aryan (both Persian or Indian names) or Arian ( Albanian name)
• or Areian: the designation of an inhabitant of Aria (a region in the eastern part of the Persian empire; today's Herat), used by the ancient and medieval Greeks (as Ἄρ(ε)ιοι/Ar(e)ioi) and Romans (as Arii).
• Arianism
  • Arian controversy, several controversies which divided the early Christian church
• Arians or Areians, ancient tribe, living in Aria (satrapy), now in Iran.
  • Aryan, a term associated with the Proto-Indo-Iranians
  • Aryan race, the racial concept
• Arian (band), a pop band in Iran
• Polish Brethren, also known as Arians
• Aries (astrology)

Aryan or Arian is the first Persian pop band consisting of both male and female singers and players in Iran after the Iranian Revolution. Pahlavan and Salehi are the band's lead vocalists, and the songwriters are Pahlavan, Salehi, Amirkhas, Khahani and Farnejad. Their second, third and fourth albums were the bestselling albums of their release years. They are the first Iranian band to feature in the " International Who's Who in Music". They have released four albums, and played concerts around the globe. They donate part of their profits to the " United Nations World Food Programme".

Arián is a Spanish-language name related to Italian Ariano, or Ariàn in Ferrara dialect, which occurs very rarely and might be a misspelling for Adrián.

• Arián Iznaga, a blind paralympian sprinter from Cuba (male name)

However, in the Spanish film El viaje de Arián ( article in Spanish Wikipedia) (1995) Arián is the name of the female lead character, possibly as a phonetic writing of the French Arianne. The version Ariane is more common in Spain as female name.

Category:Spanish masculine given names

Arian is an Iranian newspaper in the Fars region. The Concessionaire of this magazine was Hosein Partow known as Setoodeh and it was published in Shiraz since 1914.