Associations to the word «Zend»

Wiktionary

ZEND, proper noun. Exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts.
ZEND, proper noun. (obsolete) (erroneous) (in the 18th and 19th centuries) The Avestan language.

Dictionary definition

ZEND, noun. An ancient Iranian language.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.