خراسان

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally sunrise; east). Equivalent to خور (xwar, sun) + آسان (âsân, coming). آسان (âsân) is the Parthian conjugation of a verb meaning “to come, to rise”. For the first part, compare خورشید (xoršid), for the second part compare Baluchi آسگ (ásag, to rise).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xʊ.ɾɑː.sɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xʊ.ɾɑː.sɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xu.ɾɔː.sɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? xwarāsān
Dari reading? xurāsān
Iranian reading? xorâsân
Tajik reading? xuroson

Proper noun

Dari خراسان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Хуросон

خراسان • (xorâsân)

  1. Khorasan, Greater Khorasan
    • 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 Persia
  2. Khorasan (a region in Iran now divided in three provinces)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κουρασάνι (kourasáni, Khorasani style lime mortar)

References

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