Zend

American  

[zend] / zɛnd /

noun

1. Zoroastrianism. a translation and exposition of the Avesta in Pahlavi.

2. Archaic. Avestan.

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Zend British  

/ zɛnd /

noun

1. a former name for Avestan

2. short for Zend-Avesta

3. an exposition of the Avesta in the Middle Persian language (Pahlavi)

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Other Word Forms

• Zendic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Zend

First recorded in 1690–1700; Zend-Avesta

Example Sentences

“Not cold. Happy!” shouted Jenny Zend, a 30-year-old originally from Fujian Province in China who stood on East Broadway in a floor-length champagne-colored fur coat as temperatures struggled to climb out of the single digits.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2016

The alphabet Grotefend had constructed out of the proper names enabled him to read the word for 'king,' and thus to show its near affinity to the corresponding word in Zend.

From A Primer of Assyriology by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Zend says that there is a colonel here among them--I forget his name--Volodyovski or something?

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

The ancient Zend name is, according to Rawlinson, Paresina, the essential part of Paropamisus; this accounts for the great Asiastic Parnassus of Aristotle, and the Pho-lo-sin-a of Hs�an Tsang.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

During this conversation the sleighs behind caught up; Kokosinski, Ranitski, Kulvyets-Hippocentaurus, Uhlik, Rekuts, and Zend, springing out on the snow, surrounded the speakers with a circle.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk