Meaning of خراسان | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Khorasan (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.)
   historical
2. Khorasan (a former province of Iran which subsequently divided into the South Khorasan, North Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan provinces)

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Examples

“11th century, Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, Vis and Rāmin زبان پهلوی هر کو شناسد خراسان یعنی آنجا کو خور آسد خراسان را بود معنی خور آیان کجا از وی خور آید سوی ایران zabân-i pahlavî har kû šinâsad "xorâsân" ya'nî "ânjâ kû xwar âsad" "xorâsân" râ buvad ma'nî "xwar âyân ... ... kujâ az vay xwar âyad sôy-i êrân Anyone who knows the Parthian language [knows that] "Khurasan" means "[the place] from which the sun comes" “Khorasan” means the coming sun ...”

... from where the sun comes toward Iran

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