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Khorasan
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English
thumb|1926 map showing Muslim conquests till AD 750
Alternative forms
en Khorassan Khurasan
Etymology
en fa-ira خراسان xorâsân, from en fa-cls خوراسان xwarāsān, from en pal hwlʾsʾn' xwarāsān sunrise; east.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
en Q2352322 en historical The Sasanian 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.
en Q6178890 en former province c/Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.
en proscribed en Daesh-Khorasan IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate.
Derived terms
en North Khorasan South Khorasan Razavi Khorasan ISIS-K IS-K ISIL-K Daesh-Khorasan Khorasan wheat
Translations
A region in Persia
Arabic: ar خُرَاسَان
Armenian:
Old Armenian: xcl Խորասան
Bengali: bn খোরাসান
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 呼羅珊 Hūluóshān
Dutch: nl Khorasan m
Finnish: fi Khorasan
French: fr Khorassan m, fr Khorasan m
Georgian: ka ხორასანი
German: de Chorasan, de Chorassan
Hindi: hi खुरासान m, hi ख़ुरासान m
Hungarian: hu Horászán
Indonesian: id Khorasan
Kazakh: kk Хорасан
Korean: ko ^호라산
Malayalam: ml ഖുറാസാൻ
Marathi: mr खुरासान
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira خُراسان
Polish: pl Chorasan m
Russian: ru Хораса́н m
Sanskrit: sa खुरासान m
Spanish: es Jorasán m
Tajik: tg Хуросон
Tamil: ta குராசான்
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: ota خراسان horasan
Urdu: ur خُراسان m
Uyghur: ug خۇراسان
Uzbek: uz Xuroson
Cyrillic: uz Хуросон
Anagrams
en aahknors Noah's ark korhaans
en Iran