Zend

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Noun
  1. 1
    an ancient Iranian language, used as the language of Zoroastrian scripture wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    The Avestan language. dated

    "As to grammatical forms, the Gâtha dialect shows not a few deviations from the current Zend language."

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avestanavestanavestan languagezend language

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"Zand or 'Interpretation' is a term for the exegesis of Avestan texts through glosses, commentaries and translations."

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-.

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