GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Avestan (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta. -- n.  The language of the Avesta (an ancient Iranian language); -- less properly called Zend.
   
   Syn. -- Zend
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
         
       

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   Zend (?), n. [See Zend-Avesta.] Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzvâresh, 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.
   
   [1913 Webster]