Tajik

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Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Persian خْوَرَاسَان (xwarāsān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /χurɔsɔn/, [χurɔsɔn]

Proper noun

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Хуросон (Xuroson) (Persian spelling خراسان or خوراسان)

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

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