English Explanatory Dictionary

Zend

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts.
  2. The Avestan language.

Word forms

Zend Zand

Etymology

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-.

Related words

Zend-Avesta
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