English Explanatory Dictionary

Khorasan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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. Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”).

Word forms

Khorasan Khorassan Khurasan

Etymology

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

Derived words

Daesh-Khorasan ISIL-K ISIS-K IS-K Khorasan wheat North Khorasan Razavi Khorasan South Khorasan
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