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Zend
[ zend ]
noun
- Zoroastrianism. a translation and exposition of the Avesta in Pahlavi.
- Archaic. Avestan ( def 1 ).
Zend
/ zɛnd /
noun
- a former name for Avestan
- short for Zend-Avesta
- an exposition of the Avesta in the Middle Persian language (Pahlavi)
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Derived Forms
- ˈZendic, adjective
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Other Words From
- Zendic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Zend1
First recorded in 1690–1700; Zend-Avesta
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Zend1
C18: from Persian zand commentary, exposition; used specifically of the Middle Persian commentary on the Avesta, hence of the language of the Avesta itself
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Example Sentences
But in the course of time the Avesta was subjected to many additions and interpretations, called the Zend, which show degeneracy.
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The essay published in 1831 by Peter von Bohlen on the origin of the Zend language threw the matter forty years back.
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The Zend word afrt, "blessed," corresponds to the Arabic afrt, "a rebellious angel."
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Berber is full of Arab words, and Persian of words of every origin, which probably did not exist in Zend.
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We derive our knowledge of their religion principally from their Zend-avesta, or Sacred Book.
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