Etymology

Khorasan

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Iranian Persian خراسان ← Classical Persian خوراسان ← Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn'
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  1. Middle Persian · derived fromhwlʾsʾn'
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromخوراسان
  3. Iranian Persian · borrowed fromخراسان
  4. English todayKhorasan

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

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