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Khorasan

Khorasan proper noun: 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. Also the ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan.

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Proper noun

Khorasan

  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.

Also used as

Khorasan is also the ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan.

Khorasan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Khorasan in Hindi

A region in Persia
खुरासान khurāsān

Khorasan in Tamil

A region in Persia
குராசான் kurācāṉ

Khorasan in Marathi

A region in Persia
खुरासान khurāsān

Khorasan in Urdu

A region in Persia
خراسان xurāsān
More languagesFewer languages
Khorasan in Bengali
খোরাসান khōraśan
Khorasan in Malayalam
ഖുറാസാൻ khuṟāsāṉ
Khorasan in Sanskrit
खुरासान khurāsāna
Khorasan in Arabic
خُرَاسَان ḵurāsān
Khorasan in Indonesian
Khorasan
Khorasan in Persian
خراسان xorâsân

Forms of Khorasan

alternative formKhorassan
alternative formKhurasan

Origin of Khorasan

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

Words formed from Khorasan

Questions about Khorasan

What does Khorasan mean?
Khorasan 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.
What is Khorasan in Hindi?
Khorasan in Hindi is खुरासान (khurāsān). See Khorasan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Khorasan?
Khorasan is a proper noun.

Words near Khorasan in the dictionary

  1. khopesh
  2. khopeshes
  3. khor
  4. Khorana
  5. Khorasam
  6. Khorasan
  7. Khorasan wheat
  8. Khorasani
  9. Khorasani Turkic
  10. Khorasani Turkish
  11. Khorasani Turks

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