Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Horasan

Horasan /hoɾaˈsan/

“Khorasan”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
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Initial
H
Contents§1–§8
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Notable people
  6. §6Sources
  7. §7Questions
  8. §8Related

How do you pronounce Horasan?

Horasan

IPA /hoɾaˈsan/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Horasan mean?

Horasan is the name of the historical region stretching from eastern Iran into Central Asia; the Persian name means ‘where the sun rises, the east’. A district of Erzurum is also called Horasan, and in Turkish horasan is also a durable mortar of brick dust and lime.1

What is Horasan made of?

Horasan is a single root: Horasan (Horasan: historical region in eastern Iran; district of Erzurum).

Horasan root Horasan Horasan: historicalregion in eastern Iran;… PERSIAN Khorāsān “historical region;Persian ‘where the sun…’” Horasan Horasan root Horasan: historical region in easternIran; district of Erzurum Khorāsān PERSIAN “historical region; Persian‘where the sun rises’”
Horasan: parts and root words
  • Khorāsān Persian — historical region; Persian ‘where the sun rises’1

How was the name Horasan formed?

Horasan belongs to the “place name” class of surnames.

Who are some well-known people named Horasan?

  1. Yasemin Horasan basketball player 1983–
  2. Mustafa Horasan painter 1965–
  3. Gönül Dinç Horasan researcher

People surnamed Horasan as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Horasan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wikipedia: Greater Khorasan accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Horasan

Q1

What does the surname Horasan mean?

Horasan is the name of the historical region stretching from eastern Iran into Central Asia; the Persian name means ‘where the sun rises, the east’. A district of Erzurum is also called Horasan, and in Turkish horasan is also a durable mortar of brick dust and lime.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Horasan?

The root word of Horasan is Khorāsān (Persian): “historical region; Persian ‘where the sun rises’”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Horasan?

Ho·ra·san, 3 syllables; IPA: /hoɾaˈsan/.