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Zend

  [zend] ,
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–noun
1. Zoroastrianism. a translation and exposition of the Avesta in Pahlavi.
2. Archaic. Avestan (def. 1).
Origin:
1690–1700; see Zend-Avesta

Related forms:
Zendic, adjective
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Word Origin & History

Zend 
1715, "Parsee sacred book" (in full, Zend-Avesta, 1630), from O.Pers. zend, from Pahlavi zand "commentary." First used in ref. to the language of the Zend-Avesta in 1771 by Anquetiel-Duperron (1731-1805).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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