genitive plural masculine of ariya (adjective/noun)
Etymology. From an Indo-European root *ar- meaning 'to fit, join, prepare'; cognate with Sanskrit ārya-, Latin aerumna 'hardship', and the ethnonym Aryan. The sense evolved from 'fitted, prepared' to 'noble, worthy'.
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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