wut doez Aryan mean?

wut doez the word Aryan mean?

I thought it means noble king but sum ppl say it meanz noble

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/A/Ar/Aryan.htm

[quote]Aryan is an English word derived from the Vedic Sanskrit and Avestan term arya, meaning noble.

Etymology and Semantics
*aryo- Indo-Iranian *arya-) is an adjective to the PIE root *ar-, originally meaning 'to assemble', possibly with positive overtones of "accomplished, skillful". *aryo- as the name of a people, the "Aryans", is only attested in India and Persia, but the root is well known from other languages in the Indo-European world, e.g. the aristoi, the "most noble," of Greece, and possibly �ire, a native name of Ireland (although this is not commonly accepted). The original meaning of the root, pertaining to skillful assembly, union, confederacy, may be perceived, for example in Latin ars "art" and ordo "order" or in Greek harma "chariot".

Originaly Aryians could mean highlanders (Ar-arat, Ar-menia, and so on).

Well I jsut typed in Aryan at dictionary.com and it came with that definition.  i suppose it could be different though, or wrong.

Since we do know that "Iran" and its ancient Greek equivalent "Ariana" comes from "Airyanem", and since we also know that "Arya" was used as an ethnic and linguistic designation, (i.e. Darius said that he wrote "in Aryan", and Kanishka also said that he wrote "in Aryan"), Iran meant "Land of the Aryans". 

We do know that Zoroastrianism did make an impact on the Sarmatians.  According to Tadeusz Sulimirski, "Later in the Christian era, Zoroastrianism seems to have found some adherents among some Sarmatians, mainly Alan, tribes".  (The Sarmatians, page 35).  Zoroastrianism was also practiced among other Iranian tribes, including the Massagetae; "They worshiped the sun, to which they sacrificed horses, but Zoroastrianism must also have been widespread among them and the kindred tribes of the Central Asiatic and Kazakhstan steppes." (ibid. page 58).  The Zend Avesta itself states that among peoples which received Zoroastrianism, were the Sairimas, the Sarmatians. 

Iranian lore made the Sarmatians, the immediate western neighbors of the early Aryans, when "Airyanem" was located south of the Aral Sea, while Turan was located east of the "home of the Aryans".  In Medievel legend the three brothers Salm (earlier Sarm), Iraj (from Eran Wej and ultimately from Airyanem Vaejah), and Turan (the Avestan Tiuryas) represented "Rome" (west), "Iran" (central), and "Turkestan" (east).  The original Sarmatians, in contact with the original Aryans, became themselves Aryans.  Remember, ultimately, the term "Aryan" originally referred to agricultural Iranic-speaking populations south of the Aral Sea, where the "Home of the Aryans" was located. 

For starters, Abraham did not have a victory "over Elam".  It was a victory over a coalition of eastern powers led by the king of Elam who invaded Canaan.  The region was "the cities of the Plain" which included Sodom and Gomorrah.  Salem is usually taken to mean Jerusalem and its ruler bore a Canaanite name.  The custom of tithing which Abraham did to Melchizedek was a Middle Eastern custom.  The story therefore, can only make sense, if all the factors described can be true to the region in question.