Zand or 'Interpretation' is a term for the exegesis of Avestan texts through glosses, commentaries and translations.
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Zend
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7 translations across 6 languages.
French
1 entries- zend name (the Avestan language)
German
1 entries- Zendisch name (the Avestan language)
Hindi
2 entries- जंद name (the Avestan language)
- ज़ंद name (the Avestan language)
Kurdish
1 entries- zend (ku) name (the Avestan language)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- زند name (the Avestan language)
Persian
1 entries- زند name (the Avestan language)
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As to grammatical forms, the Gâtha dialect shows not a few deviations from the current Zend language.
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[The Avesta] is the only work known to be written in the Zend language.
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The dialect in which these writings are composed goes usually by the name of the Zend ; it is also styled the Avestan, and sometimes the Old Bactrian, from the country Bactria, the north-easternmost region of the great Iranian territory, which is supposed to have been its specific locality.
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