† Zendishadjective & noun
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word Zendish. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1920s.
The earliest known use of the word Zendish is in the 1800s.
OED's earliest evidence for Zendish is from 1802, in the writing of Charles Butler, Roman Catholic layman and lawyer.
Nearby entries
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- zendaletto, n.1789–
- Zend-Avesta, n.1630–
- Zend-Avestaic, adj.1816
- Zend-Avestan, adj. & n.1871–
- Zend-Avestic, adj.1864–
- Zendic, n. & adj.1771–
- Zendician, n.a1833–66
- Zendicism, n.1697–
- Zendish, adj. & n.1802–1921
- Zendist, n.1877–1907
- zendo, n.1914–
- Zener, n.¹1934–
- Zener, n.²1949–
- Zengakuren, n.1950–
- Zen garden, n.1937–
- zenick, n.1801–1900
- zenitfer, n.1596–
- zenith, n. & adj.a1387–
- zenithal, adj.?1731–
1802–1921
a. adj.Of or relating to the Avestan language; = Avestan adj. b. n.the ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written; = Avestan n. Stressed as ˈZendish.
1802
His followers called it the Avesta, or The Word; and, being written in the Zendish language, it was generally called Zend-Avesta.
C. Butler, Horæ Biblicæ vol. II. 98
1813
In ancient Media, Zendish was the language of the northern, and Pehlvi, or Parthian, of the southern parts.
Quarterly Review October 266
1887
This observation, mutatis mutandis, applies to other branches of study than those of Zendish and Pahlavi.
Nonconformist & Independent 25 August 805/3
1921
Nor can we take the time to even glance at Zendish, the Pahlavic, the Himyaritic.
Open Court November 694
The ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta (Avesta, n.) is written; = Avestan, n.
The Avestan language; = Avestan, n. Cf. Zend, n. A.2 Obsolete.
The sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism; spec. the ancient texts enshrining the law, liturgy, and belief system of Zoroastrianism, written in the…
a. adj.Of or relating to the Avestan language; = Avestan, adj. b. n.the ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written; = Avestan, n.
The language in which the Avesta (Avesta, n.) is written; an ancient Iranian language closely related to Vedic Sanskrit.
The ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written; = Avestan, n.
a. adj. Of or pertaining to the gathas or the language in which they are written; b. n. the language itself, being the more archaic form of the…
a. adj. Of or relating to the Zend-Avesta, or the ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written; b. n. the language in which the Avesta…
Originally published as part of the entry for Zend, n. & adj.
Zend, n. & adj. was revised in June 2018.
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