Zend (zɛnd) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a former name for Avestan |
| 2. | short for Zend-Avesta |
| 3. | an exposition of the Avesta in the Middle Persian language (Pahlavi) |
| [C18: from Persian zand commentary, exposition; used specifically of the Middle Persian commentary on the Avesta, hence of the language of the Avesta itself] | |
| 'Zendic | |
| —adj | |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |