Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Zend"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Zend \Zend\, n. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Avestan \A*ves"tan\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta.
-- n. The language of the Avesta; -- less properly called
{Zend}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Zend
n : an ancient Iranian language [syn: {Avestan}, {Zend}]
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