Zend

3 definitions found

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

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



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]:

  Zend
       n : an ancient Iranian language [syn: {Avestan}]