Zend

American  

[zend] / zɛnd /

noun

1. Zoroastrianism. a translation and exposition of the Avesta in Pahlavi.

2. Archaic. Avestan.

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Zend British  

/ zɛnd /

noun

1. a former name for Avestan

2. short for Zend-Avesta

3. an exposition of the Avesta in the Middle Persian language (Pahlavi)

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Other Word Forms

• Zendic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Zend

First recorded in 1690–1700; see origin at Zend-Avesta

Example Sentences

“Not cold. Happy!” shouted Jenny Zend, a 30-year-old originally from Fujian Province in China who stood on East Broadway in a floor-length champagne-colored fur coat as temperatures struggled to climb out of the single digits.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2016

Doan’t forget I. Zend Bill wi’ the cart.”

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard

Zend saw them at last; he whistled so piercingly that it rang in the ears of all, and then shouted, "Mighty lords! titmice are under the window,--titmice!"

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

The Hindoos have the Vedas and many others, the Persians the Zend Avesta—the Egyptians had the Book of the Dead—the Aztecs the Popol Vuh, and the Mohammedans have the Koran.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

Zend began at once to croak in a shrill voice; thousands of voices answered him from above.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk