Zend
Americannoun
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a former name for Avestan
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short for Zend-Avesta
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an exposition of the Avesta in the Middle Persian language (Pahlavi)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Zend
First recorded in 1690–1700; see origin at Zend-Avesta
Example Sentences
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“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
Zend says that there is a colonel here among them--I forget his name--Volodyovski or something?
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Here Zend neighed like a horse; they wondered at his perfect imitation, and laughed.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The moment of meeting, and that of parting are the two greatest epochs of life as sayeth the great book of Zend.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
To begin with, there was no doubt that the original tongue itself, the mother of all the other Aryan languages, had already been found when Zend or Sanscrit was discovered.
From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.
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