Etymology of Aryan - आर्यन्

आर्य 1 Āryan - आर्यन् - आर्य (ऋ-ण्यत्) + न् (Suffix for Objective Plural and shows up in words like आत्मन्/Atman and ब्रह्मन्/Brahman) 2 Worthy of an Ārya. 3 Worthy, venerable, respectable, honorable, noble, high; ऋ-ण्यत् means ऋ as root means "to go" or "to follow" and its next two strengthening grade sounds are अर्/ar and आर्/aar, and they are suffixed with य्/y to convert verb to potential participle or noun imitating the verb and something that has to be done as a verb. अरि अरि a. [ऋ-इन्] Moving, going, reaching; obtaining, aspiring, devoted to, zealous (Ved.). (ऋ as root means "to go" or "to follow" and its next two strengthening grade sounds are अर्/ar and आर्/aar. And it is suffixed with इन्/in. 1 An enemy, foe (cf. Uṇ. 4. 138 ); (used in the Veda like an adjective in the sense of ‘ungenerous’, ‘malicious’, ‘not worshipping or devoted,’ ‘hostile’); विजितारिपुरःसरः R. 1. 59 , 61 ; 4. 4. 2 An enemy of mankind (said of the six feelings which disturb man's mind); कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभो मदमोहौ च मत्सरः; कृतारिषड्वर्गजयेन - Lust, Anger, Greed, Ego/Self-Centered, Attachment and Delusion. आर्यन् There is one more way to look. आ (prefix for toward) + अरि (enemy) + आयन (coming or following like in Ram Ayan and like English "ion") for the one who chases away one's enemies, externally and internally. The internal enemies are Lust, Anger, Greed, Ego/Self-Centered, Attachment, and Delusion. आ + अ = आ and अरि + आ = आर्य् ( इ/i before आ becomes य्/y) and it becomes आरयायन् and there is a rule to compress याय/ "yaa ya" sound to य/ "ya".