Zend

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

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

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

“[The Avesta] is the only work⟳ known to be written in the Zend language.”

“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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