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)
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Etymology
Origin of Zend
First recorded in 1690–1700; see origin at Zend-Avesta
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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
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.
It is generally agreed that the second part of the name Asmodeus is the same as the Zend daēwa, dēw, “demon.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
"I would rather engage with those girls over there," said Zend, all at once.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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 Robert Green Ingersoll
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