Indo-comb. form¹

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

1. combining form of Greek Ἰνδός, Latin Indus (cf. Greek Ἰνδο-σκυθία Scythia of the Indies, Indian Scythia), employed in modern compounds, in which it qualifies another word, substantive or adjective, or denotes the combination of Indian with some other characteristic (chiefly ethnological).

Indo-Arabian adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊəˈreɪbɪən/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊəˈreɪbjən/

1902 J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life & Lett. (1918) II. 390 We talk glibly of Indo-European, Indo-Chinese, Indo-Malayan, Indo-Arabian, and Indo-Oriental Floras.

Indo-Arabic adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊˈarəbɪk/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈɛrəbɪk/

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 627/1 In Europe, before the introduction of the algorithm or full Indo-Arabic system with the zero.

Indo-Austral adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊˈɔːstr(ə)l/

/ˌɪndəʊˈɒstr(ə)l/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈɔstrəl/

/ˌɪndoʊˈɑstrəl/

1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. x. 226 The..possible fusion of Melanochroid Caucasic (South Indian) and Austral Negro blood at a remote epoch in some now perhaps submerged Indo-Austral region.

Indo-British adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈbrɪtɪʃ/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈbrɪdɪʃ/

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > European

Japhetic1710

Indian1793

Japhetian1803

Anglo-Indian1805

Indo-British1954

1954 G. S. Rao Indian Words in Eng. (title) Indian words in English: a study in Indo-British cultural and linguistic relations.

Indo-Briton n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈbrɪtn/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈbrɪtn/

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > European

Indian1751

Anglo-Indian1805

Indo-European1825

Hindu1830

Indo-Briton1831

sahib-log1848

1831 J. Goldingham in R. Southey Life Andrew Bell (1844) III. 697 Some of the most respectable Indo-Britons.

1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. viii. iv. 394 An Indo-Briton of the name of Campbell.

Indo-English adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/

1837 G. C. Lewis Let. 10 Jan. (1870) 73 The history of Indo-English Administration.

1887 W. W. Skeat Princ. Eng. Etymol. I. §84 The Indo-English family of languages.

Indo-heathenish adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈhiːðənɪʃ/

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈhiːðn̩ɪʃ/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈhiðənɪʃ/

1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 341 The second [hymn]..can easily be traced to its Indo-heathenish source.

Indo-human adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈhjuːmən/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈ(h)jumən/

1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xvi. 371 Within the Indo-human period.

Indo-Mohammedan adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)mᵿˈhamᵻd(ə)n/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊmoʊˈhɑməd(ə)n/

1864 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 6 142/2 Indo-Mahomedan folk-lore.

Indo-Portuguese adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)pɔːtjᵿˈɡiːz/

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)pɔːtʃᵿˈɡiːz/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈpɔrtʃəˌɡiz/

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Introd. 24 The Indo-Portuguese Patois.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Introd. 24 The Indo-Portuguese New Testament.

Indo-Abyssinian adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊabᵻˈsɪnɪən/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˌæbəˈsɪniən/

of or pertaining to both the Dravidians of India and the Hamites of north-east Africa; also as n., one of these peoples.

1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. viii. 170 Again, what is to be made of the expression ‘Indo-Abyssinian’, or even ‘Abyssinian’ at all as an ethnical term.

Indo-African adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊˈafrᵻk(ə)n/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈæfrəkən/

of or pertaining to India and Africa, spec. applied to a supposed former continent now covered by the Indian Ocean; relating to Indians and Africans in South Africa.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > non-white person > [adjective]

blackOE

coloured1758

native1827

non-white1867

non-European1870

Indo-African1896

woggy1941

wog1948

New Commonwealth1964

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands

Indo-Scythian1841

Indo-Scythic1853

Indo-Iranian1876

Indo-Saracenic1887

Indo-African1896

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. x. 229 Considerable sections of the Indo-African Continent..must have persisted far into the tertiary epoch.

1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. xii. 295 It is admitted by all ethnologists that Asia is the original home of the Mongolic division, a fact which harmonises with the view that the vanished Indo-African Continent was the cradle of mankind.

1971 Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 24/3 Dr Naicker and Dr Dadoo forged an Indo-African political alliance.

Indo-Anglian adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊˈaŋɡlɪən/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈæŋɡliən/

of or pertaining to literature in English written by Indian authors; also as n., a writer of such literature.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writers in specific language or dialect

Latin-maker14..

Latinist1538

Indo-Anglian1883

vernacularist1926

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > characteristic of specific nationality

Germanesque1824

Indo-Anglian1883

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > types of Indian English

chee-chee1816

Anglo-Vernacular1841

Indo-Anglian1883

Hinglish1967

1883 in K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar Indian Writing in English (1962) i. 3 Indo-Anglian.

1935 A. R. Chida (title) Anthology of Indo-Anglian Verse.

1943 K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar (title) Indo-Anglian literature.

1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 596/3 Authors such as R. K. Narayan, Dom Moraes, Balachandra Rajan (now called ‘Indo-Anglians’) find their public in the West, rather than inside India itself.

1969 Sunday Standard (Bombay) 3 Aug. (Mag. section) p. vii/7 Anita Desai is one of the most competent amongst the small band of Indo-Anglian novelists who have successfully established that a branch of English literature can grow and flourish as well in India as..in Australia or Canada.

Indo-Aryan n.

Brit. /ˌɪndəʊˈɛːrɪən/

/ˌɪndəʊˈɑːrɪən/

/ˌɪndəʊˈarɪən/

U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈɛriən/

Aryan of or in India, or modified by native Indian characters.

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1850 H. W. Torrens in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1850 (1851) 19: Pt. i 1 In the Indo-Arian researches, we see the suggestion and first discovery with Prinsep.

1881 Athenæum 9 Apr. 494/3 A new work..on the history, language, literature, customs, dress, &c., of the early Indo-Aryans.

1881 Athenæum 23 Apr. 553/3 The largest section of the population is the Kho, a high Indo-Aryan type.

Indo-Celtic n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈkɛltɪk/

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈsɛltɪk/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈkɛltɪk/

/ˌɪndoʊˈsɛltɪk/

a term used by some for Indo-Germanic and Indo-European, emphasizing the position of Celtic as the most western member of the linguistic family.

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1884 J. Rhŷs Celtic Brit. 1 The great group of nations which has been variously called Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Germanic, Indo-Celtic, and Japhetic.

Indo-China n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊˈtʃʌɪnə/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈtʃaɪnə/

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [noun] > Indo-China

Indo-China1886

1886 Q. Rev. Jan. 211 The name Indo-China was an invention of that versatile and fiery spirit John Leyden.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 29 June 3/2 Such an end of the..Siamese problem will be regretted by few who understand the inner track of affairs in the Indo-China peninsula.

Indo-Chinese adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)tʃʌɪˈniːz/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˌtʃaɪˈniz/

belonging to Further India, or the region between India and China, sometimes called Indo-China n.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Indo-China > [adjective]

Indo-Chinese1842

1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man (1845) xxiii. 240 Others approximate to the Indo-Chinese form.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. 69 The great Indo-Chinese (or Sino-Tibetan) family consists of three branches.

1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids ii. 42 Its first occurrence..took place in Indo-China... But..the Indo-Chinese specimen can have had no great lead.

1953 M. Powys Lace & Lace-making iv. 18 Indo-Chinese Venise, 20th century. The Indo-Chinese industry shows more originality in design.

1969 N. Freeling Tsing-Boum xiii. 90 Our Indochinese adventure finished shortly afterwards.

Indo-Egyptian n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊᵻˈdʒɪpʃn/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊəˈdʒɪpʃ(ə)n/

1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome xii. 675 He indicates an original source purely Greek, another Indo-Greek, another Indo-Egyptian.

Indo-Greek n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈɡriːk/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈɡrik/

Egyptian or Greek influenced by Indian.

1883 P. Gardner Types Greek Coins 210 This is a very interesting invention of the Indo-Greeks.

Indo-Hittite n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈhɪtʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈhɪˌtaɪt/

(see quot. 1930).

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun]

Indo-Hittite1930

1930 E. H. Sturtevant in J. T. Hatfield et al. Curme Vol. Ling. Stud. 142 We now know that Hittite broke away from the parent stock long before the other historic languages did and that we must thus consider Hittite and primitive IE as parallel offshoots of an earlier language, which we may call Indo-Hittite.

1964 S. K. Chatterji in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 407 Primitive Indo-European, as it had evolved out of the earlier primitive Indo-Hittite.

1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics 305 Scholars differ as to whether it [sc. Hittite] is an I-E language or a representative of a collateral branch forming with I-E a yet more inclusive Indo-hittite family.

Indo-Malayan adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)məˈleɪən/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊməˈleɪən/

pertaining to India and Malaya; spec., denoting an ethnological region comprising Sri Lanka, the Malay peninsula, and Malayan islands.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Malaysia and Indonesia > [adjective] > Malaysia > Indo-Malaysian

Indo-Malayan1869

1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. i. 14 We can draw a line among the islands, which shall so divide them that one-half shall truly belong to Asia, while the other shall no less certainly be allied to Australia. I term these respectively the Indo-Malayan, and the Austro-Malayan divisions of the Archipelago.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 696/2 The Indo-Malayan peninsula and Archipelago.

1936 Discovery Jan. 21/2 Of Indo-Malayan origin.

Indo-Oceanic adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊəʊʃɪˈanɪk/

/ˌɪndəʊəʊsɪˈanɪk/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˌoʊʃiˈænɪk/

pertaining to the East Indian islands and the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. xii. 326 (margin) Indo-Oceanic linguistic relations.

Indo-Pacific adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)pəˈsɪfɪk/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊpəˈsɪfɪk/

relating to the Indian Ocean and the adjacent parts of the Pacific Ocean; also, relating to the group of languages, usually called Malayo-Polynesian, spoken in the islands of these waters.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > Indian and Pacific Oceans

Indo-Pacific1877

1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 280/2 The Oriental or Indo-Pacific marine region.

1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 680/2 The eastward extension of the Indo-Pacific fauna.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 422/2 Indo-Pacific Races of Men.

Indo-Pak n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈpak/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈpæk/

colloquial abbreviation.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands

Indo-Scythian1841

Indo-Scythic1853

Indo-Iranian1876

Indo-Saracenic1887

Indo-African1896

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > and other regions

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

1965 Punch 27 Jan. 116/1 Fearing that Indo-Pak hostilities would break out along the border of the North End road.

1967 L. Deighton London Dossier 44 Most Indo-Pak restaurants have Pakistani owners, red velvet wallpaper, stars on the ceiling and undrinkable coffee.

1971 Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 20/2 Sub~continental peace and prosperity would appear to be prime requisites for discouraging Chinese intention [sic] being diverted from South-East Asia to the Indo-Pak sub-continent.

Indo-Pakistan adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)pɑːkᵻˈstɑːn/

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)pakᵻˈstɑːn/

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)pakᵻˈstan/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈpækəˌstæn/

/ˌɪndoʊˌpækəˈstæn/

/ˌɪndoʊˈpɑkəˌstɑn/

/ˌɪndoʊˌpɑkəˈstɑn/

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands

Indo-Scythian1841

Indo-Scythic1853

Indo-Iranian1876

Indo-Saracenic1887

Indo-African1896

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > and other regions

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

1955 Times 2 Aug. 5/5 Calcutta business men have generally welcomed devaluation of the Pakistan rupee as removing a main obstacle to Indo-Pakistan trade.

1968 Times 6 Apr. (Pakistan Suppl.) p. viii/3 The tiger population in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent in the 1920s was 40,000; by 1966 it had fallen to 2,800.

Indo-Pakistani adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)pɑːkᵻˈstɑːni/

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)pakᵻˈstɑːni/

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)pakᵻˈstani/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˌpækəˈstæni/

/ˌɪndoʊˌpɑkəˈstɑni/

pertaining to India and Pakistan or to their inhabitants.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands

Indo-Scythian1841

Indo-Scythic1853

Indo-Iranian1876

Indo-Saracenic1887

Indo-African1896

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > and other regions

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

1958 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 23 Apr. 893 The taxonomy and zoo-geography of some groups of Indo-Pakistani birds.

1969 Capital (Calcutta) 27 Feb. 353/2 In contrast, 1967–68 was the year which came immediately after the two worst years of drought in living memory coupled with the Indo-Pakistani war.

1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 14 [Gunther Schuller] considers it ‘worth mentioning that Indo-Pakistani music is divided into six principal modes, three of which—afternoon modes—are nothing but the blues scale’.

Indo-Saracenic adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)sarəˈsɛnɪk/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˌsɛrəˈsɛnɪk/

pertaining to the products of mixed Indian and Saracenic origin.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands

Indo-Scythian1841

Indo-Scythic1853

Indo-Iranian1876

Indo-Saracenic1887

Indo-African1896

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

1887 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) I. iv. 31 A wonder of carven white stone of the Indo-Saracenic style.

1908 H. Craik Impressions India ii. 16 Our great grandfathers..attempting no flimsy imitations in the Indo-Saracenic style.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 464/2 The Indo-Saracenic style which may be seen in centres of Mohammedan culture throughout northern India.

Indo-Scyth n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈsɪθ/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈsɪθ/

a person from these regions.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > other regions

Indo-Scythian1841

Indo-Scyth1961

1961 H. W. Bailey 18 It will be possible for the historian of India to speak with more intimate knowledge of the Sakas, whom we call also the Indo-Scyths, the rulers of north India for some four hundred years.

Indo-Scythian adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈsɪθɪən/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈsɪθiən/

/ˌɪndoʊˈsɪðiən/

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands

Indo-Scythian1841

Indo-Scythic1853

Indo-Iranian1876

Indo-Saracenic1887

Indo-African1896

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > other regions

Indo-Scythian1841

Indo-Scyth1961

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. App. iv. 474 Coins of the latter nation [sc. the Hindus] have been found, bearing nearly the same relation to those of the Indo-Scythians that theirs did to the coins of the Greeks.

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 660/2 The Indo-Scythian class..is fixed approximately to periods by finds in which aurei occur ranging from the earlier Roman emperors to the Antonines.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 101/2 The great Indo-Scythian dominion which extended across the Hindú Kúsh southwards, over Afghanistan and Sind.

1961 H. W. Bailey (title) Indo-Scythian studies: being Khotanese texts, volume IV.

Indo-Scythic adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈsɪθɪk/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈsɪθɪk/

/ˌɪndoʊˈsɪðɪk/

pertaining to India and Scythia; also as n.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands

Indo-Scythian1841

Indo-Scythic1853

Indo-Iranian1876

Indo-Saracenic1887

Indo-African1896

Indo-Pakistan1955

Indo-Pakistani1958

Indo-Pak1965

1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 706/2 Indo-Scythic kings.

Indo-Spanish n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈspanɪʃ/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈspænɪʃ/

Spanish modified by (American) Indian.

1891 Times 8 Jan. 9/2 In Paraguay [etc.]..the mass of the population is Indo-Spanish.

Indo-Teutonic n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)tjuːˈtɒnɪk/

/ˌɪndə(ʊ)tʃuːˈtɒnɪk/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˌt(j)uˈtɑnɪk/

rare = Indo-Germanic adj. See also Indo-European adj. and n., Indo-Germanic adj.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European

Indo-European1814

Indo-German1826

Indo-Germanic1835

Aryan1839

Iranian1848

Indo-Teutonic1850

Kurdish1933

1850 H. L. Mansel Lett., Lect. & Rev. (1873) 11 A more extensive examination of the Indo-Teutonic languages.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. vii. 527 Indo-Teutonic languages.

1938 Burlington Mag. Nov. 231/1 The primeval ways of the ‘Indo-Teutonic North’.

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Indo-Aryan adj. and n.

Brit.

/ˌɪndəʊˈɛːrɪən/

/ˌɪndəʊˈɑːrɪən/

/ˌɪndəʊˈarɪən/

U.S.

/ˌɪndoʊˈɛriən/

(a) adj. of or designating a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages spoken mainly in South Asia, including Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Pali, and the modern languages Hindi, Panjabi, Gujarati, and Romani; cf. Indic adj.¹; (b) n. the Indo-Aryan language group, Indo-Aryan languages collectively.

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1880 M. Bloomfield in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 1 303 The ε which appears in the row marked I (ablaut I)..represents an original sound..which is not expressed by a distinct sign in the Indo-Aryan languages.

1920 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 1 71 We may also note the softening of the Indo-Aryan medial surd consonants.

1937 F. W. Thomas in G. T. Garratt Legacy of India 39 Upon the languages pre-existent in India the influence of the Indo-European, or, as we shall henceforward particularize it, the Indo-Āryan, seems to have been mainly matter of vocabulary.

1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 267/2 The Nuristani languages, so different that they are usually considered a separate branch parallel with Indo-Aryan and Iranian, are spoken in remote valleys of north-east Afghanistan.

2002 Y. Matras Romani iii. 26 The word for ‘marriage’ is Indo-Aryan.., but ‘family’ is a European loan.

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单词	indo-
释义	Indo-comb. form¹ Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. 1. combining form of Greek Ἰνδός, Latin Indus (cf. Greek Ἰνδο-σκυθία Scythia of the Indies, Indian Scythia), employed in modern compounds, in which it qualifies another word, substantive or adjective, or denotes the combination of Indian with some other characteristic (chiefly ethnological). Indo-Arabian adj. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊəˈreɪbɪən/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊəˈreɪbjən/ Π 1902 J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life & Lett. (1918) II. 390 We talk glibly of Indo-European, Indo-Chinese, Indo-Malayan, Indo-Arabian, and Indo-Oriental Floras. Indo-Arabic adj. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊˈarəbɪk/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈɛrəbɪk/ Π 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 627/1 In Europe, before the introduction of the algorithm or full Indo-Arabic system with the zero. Indo-Austral adj. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊˈɔːstr(ə)l/ , /ˌɪndəʊˈɒstr(ə)l/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈɔstrəl/ , /ˌɪndoʊˈɑstrəl/ Π 1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. x. 226 The..possible fusion of Melanochroid Caucasic (South Indian) and Austral Negro blood at a remote epoch in some now perhaps submerged Indo-Austral region. Indo-British adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈbrɪtɪʃ/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈbrɪdɪʃ/ ΘΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > European Japhetic1710 Indian1793 Japhetian1803 Anglo-Indian1805 Indo-British1954 1954 G. S. Rao Indian Words in Eng. (title) Indian words in English: a study in Indo-British cultural and linguistic relations. Indo-Briton n. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈbrɪtn/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈbrɪtn/ ΘΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > European Indian1751 Anglo-Indian1805 Indo-European1825 Hindu1830 Indo-Briton1831 sahib-log1848 1831 J. Goldingham in R. Southey Life Andrew Bell (1844) III. 697 Some of the most respectable Indo-Britons. 1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. viii. iv. 394 An Indo-Briton of the name of Campbell. Indo-English adj. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Π 1837 G. C. Lewis Let. 10 Jan. (1870) 73 The history of Indo-English Administration. 1887 W. W. Skeat Princ. Eng. Etymol. I. §84 The Indo-English family of languages. Indo-heathenish adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈhiːðənɪʃ/ , /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈhiːðn̩ɪʃ/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈhiðənɪʃ/ Π 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 341 The second [hymn]..can easily be traced to its Indo-heathenish source. Indo-human adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈhjuːmən/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈ(h)jumən/ Π 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xvi. 371 Within the Indo-human period. Indo-Mohammedan adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)mᵿˈhamᵻd(ə)n/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊmoʊˈhɑməd(ə)n/ Π 1864 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 6 142/2 Indo-Mahomedan folk-lore. Indo-Portuguese adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)pɔːtjᵿˈɡiːz/ , /ˌɪndə(ʊ)pɔːtʃᵿˈɡiːz/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈpɔrtʃəˌɡiz/ Π 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Introd. 24 The Indo-Portuguese Patois. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Introd. 24 The Indo-Portuguese New Testament. 2. Indo-Abyssinian adj. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊabᵻˈsɪnɪən/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˌæbəˈsɪniən/ of or pertaining to both the Dravidians of India and the Hamites of north-east Africa; also as n., one of these peoples. Π 1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. viii. 170 Again, what is to be made of the expression ‘Indo-Abyssinian’, or even ‘Abyssinian’ at all as an ethnical term. Indo-African adj. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊˈafrᵻk(ə)n/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈæfrəkən/ of or pertaining to India and Africa, spec. applied to a supposed former continent now covered by the Indian Ocean; relating to Indians and Africans in South Africa. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > non-white person > [adjective] blackOE coloured1758 native1827 non-white1867 non-European1870 Indo-African1896 woggy1941 wog1948 New Commonwealth1964 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands Indo-Scythian1841 Indo-Scythic1853 Indo-Iranian1876 Indo-Saracenic1887 Indo-African1896 Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. x. 229 Considerable sections of the Indo-African Continent..must have persisted far into the tertiary epoch. 1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. xii. 295 It is admitted by all ethnologists that Asia is the original home of the Mongolic division, a fact which harmonises with the view that the vanished Indo-African Continent was the cradle of mankind. 1971 Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 24/3 Dr Naicker and Dr Dadoo forged an Indo-African political alliance. Indo-Anglian adj. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊˈaŋɡlɪən/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈæŋɡliən/ of or pertaining to literature in English written by Indian authors; also as n., a writer of such literature. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writers in specific language or dialect Latin-maker14.. Latinist1538 Indo-Anglian1883 vernacularist1926 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > characteristic of specific nationality Germanesque1824 Indo-Anglian1883 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > types of Indian English chee-chee1816 Anglo-Vernacular1841 Indo-Anglian1883 Hinglish1967 1883 in K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar Indian Writing in English (1962) i. 3 Indo-Anglian. 1935 A. R. Chida (title) Anthology of Indo-Anglian Verse. 1943 K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar (title) Indo-Anglian literature. 1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 596/3 Authors such as R. K. Narayan, Dom Moraes, Balachandra Rajan (now called ‘Indo-Anglians’) find their public in the West, rather than inside India itself. 1969 Sunday Standard (Bombay) 3 Aug. (Mag. section) p. vii/7 Anita Desai is one of the most competent amongst the small band of Indo-Anglian novelists who have successfully established that a branch of English literature can grow and flourish as well in India as..in Australia or Canada. Indo-Aryan n. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊˈɛːrɪən/ , /ˌɪndəʊˈɑːrɪən/ , /ˌɪndəʊˈarɪən/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈɛriən/ Aryan of or in India, or modified by native Indian characters. ΚΠ 1850 H. W. Torrens in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1850 (1851) 19: Pt. i 1 In the Indo-Arian researches, we see the suggestion and first discovery with Prinsep. 1881 Athenæum 9 Apr. 494/3 A new work..on the history, language, literature, customs, dress, &c., of the early Indo-Aryans. 1881 Athenæum 23 Apr. 553/3 The largest section of the population is the Kho, a high Indo-Aryan type. Indo-Celtic n. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈkɛltɪk/ , /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈsɛltɪk/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈkɛltɪk/ , /ˌɪndoʊˈsɛltɪk/ a term used by some for Indo-Germanic and Indo-European, emphasizing the position of Celtic as the most western member of the linguistic family. ΚΠ 1884 J. Rhŷs Celtic Brit. 1 The great group of nations which has been variously called Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Germanic, Indo-Celtic, and Japhetic. Indo-China n. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊˈtʃʌɪnə/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈtʃaɪnə/ ΘΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [noun] > Indo-China Indo-China1886 1886 Q. Rev. Jan. 211 The name Indo-China was an invention of that versatile and fiery spirit John Leyden. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 29 June 3/2 Such an end of the..Siamese problem will be regretted by few who understand the inner track of affairs in the Indo-China peninsula. Indo-Chinese adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)tʃʌɪˈniːz/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˌtʃaɪˈniz/ belonging to Further India, or the region between India and China, sometimes called Indo-China n. ΘΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Indo-China > [adjective] Indo-Chinese1842 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man (1845) xxiii. 240 Others approximate to the Indo-Chinese form. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. 69 The great Indo-Chinese (or Sino-Tibetan) family consists of three branches. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids ii. 42 Its first occurrence..took place in Indo-China... But..the Indo-Chinese specimen can have had no great lead. 1953 M. Powys Lace & Lace-making iv. 18 Indo-Chinese Venise, 20th century. The Indo-Chinese industry shows more originality in design. 1969 N. Freeling Tsing-Boum xiii. 90 Our Indochinese adventure finished shortly afterwards. Indo-Egyptian n. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊᵻˈdʒɪpʃn/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊəˈdʒɪpʃ(ə)n/ Π 1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome xii. 675 He indicates an original source purely Greek, another Indo-Greek, another Indo-Egyptian. Indo-Greek n. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈɡriːk/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈɡrik/ Egyptian or Greek influenced by Indian. Π 1883 P. Gardner Types Greek Coins 210 This is a very interesting invention of the Indo-Greeks. Indo-Hittite n. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈhɪtʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈhɪˌtaɪt/ (see quot. 1930). ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] Indo-Hittite1930 1930 E. H. Sturtevant in J. T. Hatfield et al. Curme Vol. Ling. Stud. 142 We now know that Hittite broke away from the parent stock long before the other historic languages did and that we must thus consider Hittite and primitive IE as parallel offshoots of an earlier language, which we may call Indo-Hittite. 1964 S. K. Chatterji in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 407 Primitive Indo-European, as it had evolved out of the earlier primitive Indo-Hittite. 1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics 305 Scholars differ as to whether it [sc. Hittite] is an I-E language or a representative of a collateral branch forming with I-E a yet more inclusive Indo-hittite family. Indo-Malayan adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)məˈleɪən/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊməˈleɪən/ pertaining to India and Malaya; spec., denoting an ethnological region comprising Sri Lanka, the Malay peninsula, and Malayan islands. ΘΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Malaysia and Indonesia > [adjective] > Malaysia > Indo-Malaysian Indo-Malayan1869 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. i. 14 We can draw a line among the islands, which shall so divide them that one-half shall truly belong to Asia, while the other shall no less certainly be allied to Australia. I term these respectively the Indo-Malayan, and the Austro-Malayan divisions of the Archipelago. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 696/2 The Indo-Malayan peninsula and Archipelago. 1936 Discovery Jan. 21/2 Of Indo-Malayan origin. Indo-Oceanic adj. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊəʊʃɪˈanɪk/ , /ˌɪndəʊəʊsɪˈanɪk/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˌoʊʃiˈænɪk/ pertaining to the East Indian islands and the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Π 1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. xii. 326 (margin) Indo-Oceanic linguistic relations. Indo-Pacific adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)pəˈsɪfɪk/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊpəˈsɪfɪk/ relating to the Indian Ocean and the adjacent parts of the Pacific Ocean; also, relating to the group of languages, usually called Malayo-Polynesian, spoken in the islands of these waters. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > Indian and Pacific Oceans Indo-Pacific1877 1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 280/2 The Oriental or Indo-Pacific marine region. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 680/2 The eastward extension of the Indo-Pacific fauna. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 422/2 Indo-Pacific Races of Men. Indo-Pak n. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈpak/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈpæk/ colloquial abbreviation. ΘΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands Indo-Scythian1841 Indo-Scythic1853 Indo-Iranian1876 Indo-Saracenic1887 Indo-African1896 Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > and other regions Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 1965 Punch 27 Jan. 116/1 Fearing that Indo-Pak hostilities would break out along the border of the North End road. 1967 L. Deighton London Dossier 44 Most Indo-Pak restaurants have Pakistani owners, red velvet wallpaper, stars on the ceiling and undrinkable coffee. 1971 Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 20/2 Sub~continental peace and prosperity would appear to be prime requisites for discouraging Chinese intention [sic] being diverted from South-East Asia to the Indo-Pak sub-continent. Indo-Pakistan adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)pɑːkᵻˈstɑːn/ , /ˌɪndə(ʊ)pakᵻˈstɑːn/ , /ˌɪndə(ʊ)pakᵻˈstan/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈpækəˌstæn/ , /ˌɪndoʊˌpækəˈstæn/ , /ˌɪndoʊˈpɑkəˌstɑn/ , /ˌɪndoʊˌpɑkəˈstɑn/ ΘΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands Indo-Scythian1841 Indo-Scythic1853 Indo-Iranian1876 Indo-Saracenic1887 Indo-African1896 Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > and other regions Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 1955 Times 2 Aug. 5/5 Calcutta business men have generally welcomed devaluation of the Pakistan rupee as removing a main obstacle to Indo-Pakistan trade. 1968 Times 6 Apr. (Pakistan Suppl.) p. viii/3 The tiger population in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent in the 1920s was 40,000; by 1966 it had fallen to 2,800. Indo-Pakistani adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)pɑːkᵻˈstɑːni/ , /ˌɪndə(ʊ)pakᵻˈstɑːni/ , /ˌɪndə(ʊ)pakᵻˈstani/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˌpækəˈstæni/ , /ˌɪndoʊˌpɑkəˈstɑni/ pertaining to India and Pakistan or to their inhabitants. ΘΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands Indo-Scythian1841 Indo-Scythic1853 Indo-Iranian1876 Indo-Saracenic1887 Indo-African1896 Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > and other regions Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 1958 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 23 Apr. 893 The taxonomy and zoo-geography of some groups of Indo-Pakistani birds. 1969 Capital (Calcutta) 27 Feb. 353/2 In contrast, 1967–68 was the year which came immediately after the two worst years of drought in living memory coupled with the Indo-Pakistani war. 1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 14 [Gunther Schuller] considers it ‘worth mentioning that Indo-Pakistani music is divided into six principal modes, three of which—afternoon modes—are nothing but the blues scale’. Indo-Saracenic adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)sarəˈsɛnɪk/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˌsɛrəˈsɛnɪk/ pertaining to the products of mixed Indian and Saracenic origin. ΘΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands Indo-Scythian1841 Indo-Scythic1853 Indo-Iranian1876 Indo-Saracenic1887 Indo-African1896 Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 1887 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) I. iv. 31 A wonder of carven white stone of the Indo-Saracenic style. 1908 H. Craik Impressions India ii. 16 Our great grandfathers..attempting no flimsy imitations in the Indo-Saracenic style. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 464/2 The Indo-Saracenic style which may be seen in centres of Mohammedan culture throughout northern India. Indo-Scyth n. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈsɪθ/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈsɪθ/ a person from these regions. ΘΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > other regions Indo-Scythian1841 Indo-Scyth1961 1961 H. W. Bailey 18 It will be possible for the historian of India to speak with more intimate knowledge of the Sakas, whom we call also the Indo-Scyths, the rulers of north India for some four hundred years. Indo-Scythian adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈsɪθɪən/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈsɪθiən/ , /ˌɪndoʊˈsɪðiən/ ΘΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands Indo-Scythian1841 Indo-Scythic1853 Indo-Iranian1876 Indo-Saracenic1887 Indo-African1896 Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > other regions Indo-Scythian1841 Indo-Scyth1961 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. App. iv. 474 Coins of the latter nation [sc. the Hindus] have been found, bearing nearly the same relation to those of the Indo-Scythians that theirs did to the coins of the Greeks. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 660/2 The Indo-Scythian class..is fixed approximately to periods by finds in which aurei occur ranging from the earlier Roman emperors to the Antonines. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 101/2 The great Indo-Scythian dominion which extended across the Hindú Kúsh southwards, over Afghanistan and Sind. 1961 H. W. Bailey (title) Indo-Scythian studies: being Khotanese texts, volume IV. Indo-Scythic adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈsɪθɪk/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈsɪθɪk/ , /ˌɪndoʊˈsɪðɪk/ pertaining to India and Scythia; also as n. ΘΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > India and other lands Indo-Scythian1841 Indo-Scythic1853 Indo-Iranian1876 Indo-Saracenic1887 Indo-African1896 Indo-Pakistan1955 Indo-Pakistani1958 Indo-Pak1965 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 706/2 Indo-Scythic kings. Indo-Spanish n. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ˈspanɪʃ/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈspænɪʃ/ Spanish modified by (American) Indian. Π 1891 Times 8 Jan. 9/2 In Paraguay [etc.]..the mass of the population is Indo-Spanish. Indo-Teutonic n. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)tjuːˈtɒnɪk/ , /ˌɪndə(ʊ)tʃuːˈtɒnɪk/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˌt(j)uˈtɑnɪk/ rare = Indo-Germanic adj. See also Indo-European adj. and n., Indo-Germanic adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European Indo-European1814 Indo-German1826 Indo-Germanic1835 Aryan1839 Iranian1848 Indo-Teutonic1850 Kurdish1933 1850 H. L. Mansel Lett., Lect. & Rev. (1873) 11 A more extensive examination of the Indo-Teutonic languages. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. vii. 527 Indo-Teutonic languages. 1938 Burlington Mag. Nov. 231/1 The primeval ways of the ‘Indo-Teutonic North’. Draft additions January 2009 Indo-Aryan adj. and n. Brit. /ˌɪndəʊˈɛːrɪən/ , /ˌɪndəʊˈɑːrɪən/ , /ˌɪndəʊˈarɪən/ , U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˈɛriən/ (a) adj. of or designating a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages spoken mainly in South Asia, including Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Pali, and the modern languages Hindi, Panjabi, Gujarati, and Romani; cf. Indic adj.¹; (b) n. the Indo-Aryan language group, Indo-Aryan languages collectively. ΚΠ 1880 M. Bloomfield in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 1 303 The ε which appears in the row marked I (ablaut I)..represents an original sound..which is not expressed by a distinct sign in the Indo-Aryan languages. 1920 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 1 71 We may also note the softening of the Indo-Aryan medial surd consonants. 1937 F. W. Thomas in G. T. Garratt Legacy of India 39 Upon the languages pre-existent in India the influence of the Indo-European, or, as we shall henceforward particularize it, the Indo-Āryan, seems to have been mainly matter of vocabulary. 1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 267/2 The Nuristani languages, so different that they are usually considered a separate branch parallel with Indo-Aryan and Iranian, are spoken in remote valleys of north-east Afghanistan. 2002 Y. Matras Romani iii. 26 The word for ‘marriage’ is Indo-Aryan.., but ‘family’ is a European loan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). indo-comb. form² Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: Before a vowel ind-. Etymology: < Greek Ἰνδός, Latin Indus, as root of indicum , indigo n. and adj. Chemistry. Categories » A formative of names of various compound bodies related to indigo, or belonging to the indole n. group: see indogen n., indone n., indophane n., indoxyl n., etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Indo-comb. form³ Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is usually maintained on the first syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. Indo-Gangetic adj. Brit. /ˌɪndə(ʊ)ɡanˈdʒɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌɪndoʊˌɡænˈdʒɛdɪk/. Combining form of Indus, a river originating in south-western China and flowing mainly through Pakistan, as in Indo-Ganˈgetic adj. of or relating to the Indus and the Ganges. ΘΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > specific rivers > [adjective] Pactolian1586 Amazonian1605 Gangic1606 Gangetic1625 Gambian1750 Thamesian1859 Indo-Gangetic1880 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 735/2 The Indo-Gangetic Plain covers an area of about 300,000 square miles. 1925 J. Joly Surface-hist. Earth vii. 126 The vast sedimentary collections of the Indo-Gangetic plain. 1969 Pioneer (Lucknow) 13 Aug. 6/4 The IIT is located on the Indo-Gangetic plain, ten kilometres west of Kanpur. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < comb. form¹1831comb. form²comb. form³1880
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