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khorasan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
kho-rasan
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

A former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces.

name

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: خوراسان, hwlʾsʾn'

Inflected Forms

Khorassan (alternative) Khurasan (alternative)

Phrases

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

Questions

What does khorasan mean?
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.
Where does khorasan come from?
It is traced to Middle Persian.

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