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Zend-Avesta

American  
[zend-uh-ves-tuh] / ˌzɛnd əˈvɛs tə /

noun

Zoroastrianism.

  1. the Avesta together with the Zend.

Zend-Avesta British  
/ ˌzɛndəvɛsˈteɪɪk, ˌzɛndəˈvɛstə /

noun

  1. the Avesta together with the traditional interpretative commentary known as the Zend, esp as preserved in the Avestan language among the Parsees

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Other Word Forms

  • Zend-Avestaic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Zend-Avesta

From the Pahlavi word avastāk-u-zend the text and its interpretation

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