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Khorasan

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Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), from Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”).

proper noun Khorassan · Khurasan

  1. historical The Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.
  2. A former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
  3. abbreviation, ellipsis, proscribed Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).

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name A region in Persia

EspañolJorasán
한국어호라산 Horasan
中文呼羅珊 /呼罗珊 Hūluóshān
हिन्दीखुरासान khurāsān
FrançaisKhorassan, Khorasan
DeutschChorasan, Chorassan
РусскийХораса́н Xorasán
العربيةخُرَاسَان ḵurāsān

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@misc{khorasan_2026,
  title = {Khorasan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/khorasan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}