There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word Zendic, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the word Zendic?
Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English
1790
0.0034
1800
0.004
1810
0.0045
1820
0.0045
1830
0.0074
1840
0.01
1850
0.014
1860
0.014
1870
0.013
1880
0.013
1890
0.013
1900
0.0088
1910
0.006
1920
0.0022
1930
0.0018
1940
0.0017
1950
0.0009
1960
0.0006
1970
0.0007
1980
0.0008
1990
0.0008
2000
0.0008
2010
0.0006
How is the word Zendic pronounced?
British English
/ˈzɛndɪk/
ZEN-dick
U.S. English
/ˈzɛndɪk/
ZEN-dick
Where does the word Zendic come from?
Earliest known use
late 1700s
The earliest known use of the word Zendic is in the late 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for Zendic is from 1771, in Monthly Review.
With use as adjective compare also post-classical LatinZendicus (1754 or earlier), Zundicus (in quot. 1700 at Zendn. A.1a, apparently reflecting an English spelling), and also Frenchzendique (1808 or earlier), all used with reference to the Zend-Avesta or the Avestan language.
Of or relating to the Avestan language or the Zend-Avesta; designating this language. Also: of or relating to Zoroastrianism; Zoroastrian. Now rare. Cf. Zendn.
1791
These books, written partly in the Zendic or sacred, and partly in the vulgar Persian language.
W. Enfield, Brucker's History of Philosophyvol. I.i. iv. 42
1794
There are..in the Zendic writings extravagant praises of fire and water expressed in the mythologic style of the East.
Memoirs Sciences & Artsvol. 2 30
1817
The Appendix..explains the Zend or Zundic words that occur in the body of the work.
T. Castley, Antiquarian Speculations 110
1842
The Zendic and Pehlvi dialects of Persia.
W. C. Taylor, Student's Manual of Ancient History (ed. 3) App. ii. 581
1848
The notion of the ‘Guardian Angels or Daemons’ of a country is a peculiarly Zendic or Persian conception.
Examiner 15 January 37/3
1889
The Zendic faith and the Magian priests flourished.
Monthly Packet 1 September 255
1910
He has in active progress further important contributions to our knowledge of Zendic literature.
Times of India 12 November 7/4
1969
Firdausi..undertook to organize and record the Zendic tradition, which extended back from historic times into the purely mythical.
G. de Santillana & H. von Dechend, Hamlet's Mill iii. 36
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.
Vowels
iːfleece
ihappy
ɪkit
ɛdress
atrap, bath
ɑːstart, palm, bath
ɒlot
ɔːthought, force
ʌstrut
ʊfoot
uːgoose
əletter
əːnurse
ɪənear
ɛːsquare
ʊəcure
eɪface
ʌɪpride
aʊmouth
əʊgoat
ɔɪvoice
ãgratin
ɒ̃salon
ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.
Vowels
ifleece, happy
ɪkit
ɛdress
ætrap, bath
ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
ɑrstart
ɔcloth, thought
ɔrnorth, force
ʊfoot
ugoose
əstrut, comma
ərnurse, letter
ɪ(ə)rnear
ɛ(ə)rsquare
ʊ(ə)rcure
eɪface
aɪpride
aʊmouth
oʊgoat
ɔɪvoice
ɑ̃gratin
æ̃salon
ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
gguy
jjay
yyore
chchore
khloch
shshore
ththaw
dhthee
zhbeige
Vowels
atrap
ahpalm
airsquare
arstart
arrcarry (British only)
awthought
ayface
a(ng)gratin
edress
eefleece
eerdeer
errmerry
ikit
ighpride
irrmirror
olot (British only)
ohgoat
oogoose
oorcure
orforce
orrsorry (British only)
owmouth
oyvoice
o(ng)salon
ustrut
uhletter
urnurse
urrhurry
uufoot
Forms
Variant forms
1700s–
Zendic
1800s
Zandic, Zundic
Frequency
Zendic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
Zendic is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.
Frequency of Zendic, n. & adj., 1790–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
Decade
Frequency per million words
1790
0.0034
1800
0.004
1810
0.0045
1820
0.0045
1830
0.0074
1840
0.01
1850
0.014
1860
0.014
1870
0.013
1880
0.013
1890
0.013
1900
0.0088
1910
0.006
1920
0.0022
1930
0.0018
1940
0.0017
1950
0.0009
1960
0.0006
1970
0.0007
1980
0.0008
1990
0.0008
2000
0.0008
2010
0.0006
Originally published as part of the entry for Zend, n. & adj.