Xorasan herêmeke dîrokî ya rojhilatê ye li Deşta Îranê ya di navbera Asyaya Rojava û Navîn de.[1] Navê Xorasan farisî ye tê wateya "ku roj jê tê" an jî "parêzgeha rojhilat".[2][3][4]
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"Girêdana arşîvê 2011-01-02 li ser 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 (bifarisî: خاور زمین), meaning "the eastern land", has also been used as an equivalent term. DehKhoda, "Lughat Nameh DehKhoda"Girêdana arşîvê 2011-07-18 li ser Wayback Machine
