Indo-Aryan is a term used to describe the family group of languages that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Some synonyms for this term include Indic, Indo-Iranian, and Indoeuropean. Indic is commonly used to refer to the cluster of languages spoken in India, such as Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi. Indo-Iranian is a broader term that includes languages spoken in Iran and Afghanistan, such as Iranian Persian and Pashto. Lastly, Indo-European refers to the language family that includes both Indo-Aryan and many other languages spoken throughout Europe and Western Asia. These synonyms reveal the diversity and complexity of the languages grouped under the term Indo-Aryan.