Khorasan

== English == === Alternative forms === Khorassan, Khurasan === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), from Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Khorasan (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. A former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces. (proscribed) Ellipsis of Daesh-Khorasan (“IS/ISIL/ISIS affiliate”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Noah's ark, korhaans