A compound of khwar (meaning "sun") and āsān (from āyān, literally meaning "to come" or "coming" or "about to come"). Thus the name Khorasan (or Khorāyānخورآيان) means "sunrise", viz. "Orient, East".
Humbach, Helmut, and Djelani Davari, "Nāmé Xorāsān"Arhivat în , la Wayback Machine., Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Persian translation by Djelani Davari, published in Iranian Languages Studies Website.
MacKenzie, D. (1971). A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary (p. 95). London: Oxford University Press.
The Persian word Khāvar-zamīn (persanăخاور زمین), meaning "the eastern land", has also been used as an equivalent term. DehKhoda, "Lughat Nameh DehKhoda"Arhivat în , la Wayback Machine.
C. Edmund Bosworth, (2011), 'Mā Warāʾ Al-Nahr'Encyclopaedia Iranica (online)
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A compound of khwar (meaning "sun") and āsān (from āyān, literally meaning "to come" or "coming" or "about to come"). Thus the name Khorasan (or Khorāyānخورآيان) means "sunrise", viz. "Orient, East".
Humbach, Helmut, and Djelani Davari, "Nāmé Xorāsān"Arhivat în , la Wayback Machine., Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Persian translation by Djelani Davari, published in Iranian Languages Studies Website.
MacKenzie, D. (1971). A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary (p. 95). London: Oxford University Press.
The Persian word Khāvar-zamīn (persanăخاور زمین), meaning "the eastern land", has also been used as an equivalent term. DehKhoda, "Lughat Nameh DehKhoda"Arhivat în , la Wayback Machine.
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A compound of khwar (meaning "sun") and āsān (from āyān, literally meaning "to come" or "coming" or "about to come"). Thus the name Khorasan (or Khorāyānخورآيان) means "sunrise", viz. "Orient, East".
Humbach, Helmut, and Djelani Davari, "Nāmé Xorāsān"Arhivat în , la Wayback Machine., Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Persian translation by Djelani Davari, published in Iranian Languages Studies Website.
MacKenzie, D. (1971). A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary (p. 95). London: Oxford University Press.
The Persian word Khāvar-zamīn (persanăخاور زمین), meaning "the eastern land", has also been used as an equivalent term. DehKhoda, "Lughat Nameh DehKhoda"Arhivat în , la Wayback Machine.
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A compound of khwar (meaning "sun") and āsān (from āyān, literally meaning "to come" or "coming" or "about to come"). Thus the name Khorasan (or Khorāyānخورآيان) means "sunrise", viz. "Orient, East".
Humbach, Helmut, and Djelani Davari, "Nāmé Xorāsān"Arhivat în , la Wayback Machine., Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Persian translation by Djelani Davari, published in Iranian Languages Studies Website.
MacKenzie, D. (1971). A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary (p. 95). London: Oxford University Press.
The Persian word Khāvar-zamīn (persanăخاور زمین), meaning "the eastern land", has also been used as an equivalent term. DehKhoda, "Lughat Nameh DehKhoda"Arhivat în , la Wayback Machine.