3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Zend noun: an ancient Iranian language [syn: {Avestan}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Zend \Zend\, noun [See {Zend-Avesta}.] Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv[^a]resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Avestan \A*ves"tan\, adjective Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta. -- n. The language of the Avesta (an ancient Iranian language); -- less properly called {Zend}. Syn: Zend [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||

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