Zend noun. [zɛnd] E18.
[French, abstracted from Persian Awastā wa Zand (see ZEND-AVESTA), and orig. erron. taken for an attrib. elem. denoting the language of the Scriptures.]
1. The Zend-Avesta. Only in 18.

2. Avestan. Now rare. E18.

3. The Pahlavi translation and commentary forming part of the Zend-Avesta. L19.

■ Zendic adjective (arch.) of or pertaining to the Zend-Avesta or Avestan M19.

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