Pronunciation : Zend
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Zend-Avesta.]
Definition : Defn: Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv?resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913