Khorasan
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), from Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”).
Proper noun[edit]
Khorasan
- (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.
- A pre-2004 province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
- (proscribed) Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).
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Translations[edit]
A region in Persia
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