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Avesta translation
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zend
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1715, "Parsee sacred book" (in full, Zend-Avesta , 1620s), from Old Persian zend , from Pahlavi zand "commentary." First used 1771 in reference to the language of the Zend-Avesta by French scholar Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731-1805).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Zend can mean: Zend , commentaries on the Avesta, the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism In 19th century scholarship, 'Zend' was also a misnomer for the Avestan language Salla Zend, a character in Star Wars Zend Technologies , a computer software company Zend ...
Usage examples of zend.
This collection is sometimes called Zendavesta, sometimes briefly Zend.
Thus, according to the Zend Avesta, it is by the Word (honover) more ancient than the world, that Ormuzd created the universe.
But the subject is more satisfactorily illustrated in Bopp's comparative Grammar of the Sanscrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, Gothic, and German languages.