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zend

/zɛ̃d/

adjective/zɛ̃d/

Avestan

Synonyms: avestique

Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (zand, “understanding, interpretation”), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (zainti, “understanding”), from Avestan verbal root 𐬰𐬀𐬥- (zan-, “to know, to understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

noun, masculine/zɛ̃d/

the Avestan language

Synonyms: avestique

Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (zand, “understanding, interpretation”), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (zainti, “understanding”), from Avestan verbal root 𐬰𐬀𐬥- (zan-, “to know, to understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.