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

Derived 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

The Parsian, Pehlwi, and Zend, respectively bearing these relations to the languages of the neighbouring countries, are closely connected as sister dialects among themselves.

From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Johnes, Arthur James

The language in which they are written has been found to exhibit close affinities both to the Sanscrit and to the Zend, and is now termed by philologists the Old Persian.

From The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe by Bartlett, John Russell

G. bohren, L. forare, Gr. ? to plow, Zend bar.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah