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Zend

Zend proper noun: exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts.

Proper noun

Zend

  1. Exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts.
    • Zand or 'Interpretation' is a term for the exegesis of Avestan texts through glosses, commentaries and translations.1984, Mary Boyce, Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism, Manchester: UP, page 3
  2. (dated) The Avestan language.
    • As to grammatical forms, the Gâtha dialect shows not a few deviations from the current Zend language.1878, Martin Haug, Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsis. Trübner, page 115
    • [The Avesta] is the only work known to be written in the Zend language.1819, William Erskine, “On the Sacred Books and Religion of the Parsis”, in Trans. of the Lit. Soc. of Bombay, II, 1820, page 312

Zend meaning in Hindi and Persian

Zend in Hindi

the Avestan language
ज़ंद zand

Zend in Persian

the Avestan language
زند zand

Forms of Zend

alternative formZand

Origin of Zend

Via Zoroastrian Middle Persian znd (zand, “understanding, interpretation”), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (zainti, “understanding”), from Avestan verbal root 𐬰𐬀𐬥- (zan-, “to know, to understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Questions about Zend

What does Zend mean?
Zend means exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts.
What is Zend in Hindi?
Zend in Hindi is ज़ंद (zand). See Zend meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Zend?
Zend is a proper noun.

Words near Zend in the dictionary

  1. zenanas
  2. zenarestat
  3. Zenata
  4. Zenati
  5. zenazocine
  6. Zend
  7. Zend-Avesta
  8. zendalet
  9. zendalets
  10. Zendavesta
  11. Zendaya

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