"Zend" meaning in English

See Zend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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-. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{bor|en|pal|znd|t=understanding, interpretation|tr=zand}} Middle Persian znd (zand, “understanding, interpretation”), {{der|en|ae|𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌|t=understanding}} Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (zainti, “understanding”), {{cog|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Zend
  1. Exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts.
    Sense id: en-Zend-en-name-YOFnnOUm Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
  2. (dated) The Avestan language. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Zoroastrianism Translations (the Avestan language): zend [masculine] (French), Zendisch [neuter] (German), ज़ंद (zand) [masculine] (Hindi), जंद (jand) [masculine] (Hindi), zend (ku) [neuter] (Kurdish), زند (zend) (Ottoman Turkish), زند (zand) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-Zend-en-name-B9R8Kdz0 Disambiguation of Zoroastrianism: 18 82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of 'the Avestan language': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Zand Related terms: Zend-Avesta

Alternative forms

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