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Zend
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Zend  (znd)
n.
1. The Avesta. No longer in scholarly use.
2. Avestan. No longer in scholarly use.
[Short for Zend-Avesta. Sense 2, from a misunderstanding of Zend in Zend-Avesta as a language designation.]
Zend [zɛnd]
n
1. (Linguistics / Languages) a former name for Avestan
2. (Non-Christian Religions / Other Non-Christian Religions) short for Zend-Avesta
3. (Non-Christian Religions / Other Non-Christian Religions) an exposition of the Avesta in the Middle Persian language (Pahlavi)
[from Persian zand commentary, exposition; used specifically of the Middle Persian commentary on the Avesta, hence of the language of the Avesta itself]
Zendic  adj
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Noun1.Zend - an ancient Iranian language
Avestan
Iranian language, Iranian - the modern Persian language spoken in Iran


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