arî

1) ashes, cinder 2) to help 3) Proto-Indo-European heritage as a racial grouping (Aryan)

From Avestan ātrya- "ashes".

*es-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to burn, glow",

Sanskrit asah "ashes, dust",
Hittite hat- "to dry up",
Greek azein "to dry up, parch," azaleos "dry",
Latin aridus "parched, dry", ārēre "to be dry", āra "altar, hearth",
Armenian azazem "I dry up",
Old English æsce "ash",
Old High German asca,
Gothic azgo "ashes".