Meanings
proper noun
alternative Khorassan · alternative Khurasan
- historicalThe 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.
- abbreviationellipsisproscribedEllipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).
Origin
- Middle Persianhwlʾsʾn'
- Classical Persianخوراسان
- Iranian Persianخراسان
- EnglishKhorasan
Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), from Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”).
More words from Iranian Persian, Classical Persian, Middle Persian
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Arabic خُرَاسَان
- خُرَاسَان (ḵurāsān)A region in Persia
Bengali খোরাসান
- খোরাসান (khōraśan)A region in Persia
Chinese Mandarin 呼羅珊 /呼罗珊
- 呼羅珊 /呼罗珊 (Hūluóshān)A region in Persia
Dutch Khorasan
- KhorasanA region in Persia
Finnish Khorasan
- KhorasanA region in Persia
French Khorassan, Khorasan
- KhorassanA region in Persia
- KhorasanA region in Persia
German Chorasan, Chorassan
- ChorasanA region in Persia
- ChorassanA region in Persia
Hindi खुरासान
- खुरासान (khurāsān)A region in Persia
Hungarian Horászán
- HorászánA region in Persia
Indonesian Khorasan
- KhorasanA region in Persia
Korean 호라산
- 호라산 (Horasan)A region in Persia
Polish Chorasan
- ChorasanA region in Persia
Russian Хораса́н
- Хораса́н (Xorasán)A region in Persia
Spanish Jorasán
- JorasánA region in Persia
Tamil குராசான்
- குராசான் (kurācāṉ)A region in Persia
Urdu خُراسان
- خُراسان (xurāsān)A region in Persia
Cite this entry
APA
Khorasan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khorasan
MLA
“Khorasan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khorasan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Khorasan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khorasan.
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