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 pursed out his lips as if about to whistle in bird fashion.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Others repeated the chorus; then Kokosinski gave Kmita the eared bowl, and Zend gave Kokosinski a goblet.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The alphabet Grotefend had constructed out of the proper names enabled him to read the word for 'king,' and thus to show its near affinity to the corresponding word in Zend.
From A Primer of Assyriology by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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
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