"Khorasan" meaning in English

See Khorasan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), from Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fa-ira|خراسان|tr=xorâsân}} Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), {{der|en|fa-cls|خوراسان|tr=xwarāsān}} Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), {{der|en|pal|hwlʾsʾn'|lit=sunrise; east|tr=xwarāsān}} Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”) Head templates: {{en-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. Wikidata QID: Q2352322 Tags: historical Categories (place): Iran Translations (A region in Persia): خُرَاسَان (ḵurāsān) (Arabic), খোরাসান (khōraśan) (Bengali), 呼羅珊 (Chinese Mandarin), 呼罗珊 (Hūluóshān) (Chinese Mandarin), Khorasan [masculine] (Dutch), Khorasan (Finnish), Khorassan [masculine] (French), Khorasan [masculine] (French), ხორასანი (xorasani) (Georgian), Chorasan (German), Chorassan (German), खुरासान (khurāsān) [masculine] (Hindi), Horászán (Hungarian), Khorasan (Indonesian), Хорасан (Xorasan) (Kazakh), 호라산 (horasan) (Korean), ഖുറാസാൻ (khuṟāsāṉ) (Malayalam), खुरासान (khurāsān) (Marathi), Խորասան (Xorasan) (Old Armenian), خراسان (horasan) (Ottoman Turkish), خراسان (xorâsân) (Persian), Chorasan [masculine] (Polish), Хораса́н (Xorasán) [masculine] (Russian), खुरासान (khurāsāna) [masculine] (Sanskrit), Хуросон (Xuroson) (Tajik), குராசான் (kurācāṉ) (Tamil), خۇراسان (xurasan) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-Khorasan-en-name-en:Q2352322 Disambiguation of Iran: 52 45 3 Categories (other): Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Tajik translations Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 64 29 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 44 44 11 Disambiguation of 'A region in Persia': 86 11 4
  2. A former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces. Wikidata QID: Q6178890 Categories (place): Historical political subdivisions, Places in Iran, Iran Synonyms: Khorassan, Khurasan Derived forms: Daesh-Khorasan, ISIL-K, ISIS-K, IS-K, Khorasan wheat, North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan
    Sense id: en-Khorasan-en-name-en:Q6178890 Disambiguation of Iran: 52 45 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Old Armenian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Uyghur translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 58 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 64 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 59 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 61 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 28 57 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 36 52 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 62 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 63 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 40 50 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 64 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 28 55 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 39 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 37 51 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 39 49 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 35 52 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 21 64 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 58 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 31 55 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Armenian translations: 35 53 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 38 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 52 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 64 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 28 58 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 44 44 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 36 52 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 34 52 13
  3. (proscribed) Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, proscribed Alternative form of: Daesh-Khorasan (extra: IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate)
    Sense id: en-Khorasan-en-name-2FJWmChM Categories (other): Terms with Tajik translations Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 44 44 11

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Tamil translations",
    "Terms with Uyghur translations",
    "en:Iran"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Daesh-Khorasan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ISIL-K"
    },
    {
      "word": "ISIS-K"
    },
    {
      "word": "IS-K"
    },
    {
      "word": "Khorasan wheat"
    },
    {
      "word": "North Khorasan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Razavi Khorasan"
    },
    {
      "word": "South Khorasan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-ira",
        "3": "خراسان",
        "tr": "xorâsân"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "خوراسان",
        "tr": "xwarāsān"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "hwlʾsʾn'",
        "lit": "sunrise; east",
        "tr": "xwarāsān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), from Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Khorasan",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sassanian",
          "Sassanian#English"
        ],
        [
          "Islamic",
          "Islamic#English"
        ],
        [
          "Parthia",
          "Parthia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Persia",
          "Persia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Iran",
          "Iran#English"
        ],
        [
          "Central Asia",
          "Central Asia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Afghanistan",
          "Afghanistan#English"
        ],
        [
          "Greater Khorasan",
          "Greater Khorasan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q2352322"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q2352322"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Historical political subdivisions",
        "en:Places in Iran"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "Iran",
          "Iran#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q6178890"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q6178890"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate",
          "word": "Daesh-Khorasan"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English ellipses",
        "English proscribed terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Daesh-Khorasan",
          "Daesh-Khorasan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(proscribed) Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Khorassan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Khurasan"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵurāsān",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "خُرَاسَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "Xorasan",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "Խորասան"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "khōraśan",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "খোরাসান"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "呼羅珊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hūluóshān",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "呼罗珊"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Khorasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "Khorasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Khorassan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Khorasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xorasani",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "ხორასანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "Chorasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "Chorassan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "khurāsān",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "खुरासान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "Horászán"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "Khorasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Xorasan",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "Хорасан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "horasan",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "호라산"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "khuṟāsāṉ",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "ഖുറാസാൻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "khurāsān",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "खुरासान"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "horasan",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "خراسان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xorâsân",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "خراسان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Chorasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Xorasán",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Хораса́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "khurāsāna",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "खुरासान"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Xuroson",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "Хуросон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kurācāṉ",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "குராசான்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "xurasan",
      "sense": "A region in Persia",
      "word": "خۇراسان"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Khorasan"
  ],
  "word": "Khorasan"
}

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