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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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
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
Doan’t forget I. Zend Bill wi’ the cart.”
From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard
Traces of this belief are discoverable in Zend and Hindu writings; also amongst the Sclavs, Germans, and Scandinavians—and, to look nearer home, in Ireland and Scotland.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
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