Avestan

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Avestan \A*ves"tan\, a.
     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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Avestan
       adj : of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of
             Zoroastrianism)
       n 1: an ancient Iranian language [syn: {Zend}]
       2: the script in which the ancient Persian language of the
          Avesta is written