How Nazis Stole the Word 'Aryan'

Just like the swastika, it was originally from India.

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[AryanJYOLO]

As an Indian who has unfortunately been named after the original vedic Indians. I can tell you its very difficult to introduce myself whenever I travel to Europe or other western countries.

[yukimatsuda]

Aryan - Sanskrit word for "warrior"
Swastika - means "health and prosperity"
Nazis - 😏
Hindus - 😥😔

[CSDragon]

I wish other youtubers would do this

[unclearyan]

My name is Aryan.

This is the first thing that comes up when I YouTube my name 😂😭

[Namburiadityasairam]

Lol, here in India aryan is a very common name, for us it's just a common name like John or something like that. RIP all the aryans in the west trying to explain that aryan is just a normal name in india

[romanichalnomad]

That awkward moment when you realise that the Romani Gypsies were Indo-Iranian Aryans who came from Northern India, and how the German "Aryans" killed them for not being Aryan.

[sammjust]

The Catholic Church is a Jewish conspiracy is my new favorite

[bigchungusfanboy]

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sanskrit was created in india and no one even speaks sanskrit in europe

[KaiserMattTygore]

They tried to argue Christianity had nothing to do with Judaism?

Isn't that just precious.

[rayzoldyck]

Ancient India was called ARYAWART (translates to the land of aryans) which was derived from the word Aryan.

[yashchaudhari]

Hitler: demonizes the swastika
Hindus: not again...

[OblivionWonderlust]

As an Indian who studied sanskrit (It's a compulsory language from grade 5-8 and optional after) I feel the need to mention that Aryan is not pronounced as "Airi-an" in Sanskrit/Indian languages but as "Aari-an". Also the suffix "arya" is very common in the names of ancient Indian people and in the names of characters in Hindu mythology.

[patrickhodson]

I love that your map at 0:28 is so obviously hand drawn, yet has holes for things like Hungarian and even Basque which don't belong in the Indo-European category. Accuracy of info > quality of visual aid. Good job.
Also I love all your videos!

[ganapatikamesh]

As a practicing Hindu, I'll admit I was actually hesitant to watch this video when it was highlighted as a new video from my subscriptions (because the word comes from the Vedas, the Vedas are part of the Vedic religion which is the root of Hinduism and Hinduism seems to be the most misunderstood religion in the world), but then decided to watch it because I figured all of your other videos are usually very well researched and you fit a lot of information into short videos. You definitely did not disappoint with this video. You were thorough, clear, and definitely got in a lot of important information. I'm very glad I decided to go ahead and watch this video. Excellent video!!!

[in_saan]

The Sanskrit word of ”Arya” means a noble person. Its like a ln adjective rather than a racial identity.

[popalupa]

"Maybe the entire Catholic Church is a Jewish Conspiracy. And so is communism. And so is capitalism. And so is EVERYTHING"
The way you said that as if you were about to physically snap from pure rage makes me love you so much.

[RoccosVideos]

Great video. I would just add Nazis hated Slavic and French people in different ways. They really hated Slavic people and thought they were a lesser type of human. They only "hated" the French because the French were tough on the Germans after Germany lost WWI.

[sitanshudash]

Lol, Arya is a Sanskrit word and it doesn't refers to any race.In our ancient holy books like Vedas and The Upanishadas, Arya is a Sanskrit word which means noble person.

[anshikarao]

Aryan is derived from the Sankrit word 'Arya' which means a 'Noble Man' or 'Warrior'. The word Arya is also mentioned in 'The Mahabharata' as at that time India was called 'Aryavarta' which means 'Abode of the Aryas', not a race but a noble man.

[legendary]

4:09 That's actually a fact that does tend to get ignored. Neo-Nazis, and other White nationalists, have the idea of race that is far more simple than the Nazis did. Nazis were all about Germanic supremacy, while neo-nazis are about white supremacy.