zend
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Via Zoroastrian Middle Persian znd (zand, “understanding, interpretation”), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (zainti, “understanding”), from Avestan verbal root 𐬰𐬀𐬥- (zan-, “to know, to understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵneh₃-, znd, 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌