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Revised 2018

Zendicnoun & adjective

  1. † noun
    1. 1771–1928
      The Avestan language; = Avestan n. Cf. Zend n. A.2 Obsolete.
      1. 1771
        Translated from the Zendic, with remarks.
        Monthly Review vol. 43 App. 561
      2. 1829
        The inscriptions..contain the names of Xerxes and Darius with the title king in Zendic.
        Philosophical Magazine 2nd Series vol. 5 328
      3. 1872
        The terminational -ôs in Sanscrit, which has disappeared in Zendic and Lithuanian.
        A. Lindsay, Etruscan Inscriptions v. 112
      4. 1916
        The great book of the old Persians, the Avesta, which was written in Zendic.
        M. Grant, Passing of Great Race xiv. 221
      5. 1928
        The tongue of the Persians, Old Persian, is closely related to Zendic, an Iranian language, and to the Sanscrit of Hindustan.
        S. B. Kahn, Case of Kurdistan against Turkey 21
  2. adjective
    1. 1791–
      Of or relating to the Avestan language or the Zend-Avesta; designating this language. Also: of or relating to Zoroastrianism; Zoroastrian. Now rare. Cf. Zend n.
      1. 1791
        These books, written partly in the Zendic or sacred, and partly in the vulgar Persian language.
        W. Enfield, Brucker's History of Philosophy vol. I. i. iv. 42
      2. 1794
        There are..in the Zendic writings extravagant praises of fire and water expressed in the mythologic style of the East.
        Memoirs Sciences & Arts vol. 2 30
      3. 1817
        The Appendix..explains the Zend or Zundic words that occur in the body of the work.
        T. Castley, Antiquarian Speculations 110
      4. 1842
        The Zendic and Pehlvi dialects of Persia.
        W. C. Taylor, Student's Manual of Ancient History (ed. 3) App. ii. 581
      5. 1848
        The notion of the ‘Guardian Angels or Daemons’ of a country is a peculiarly Zendic or Persian conception.
        Examiner 15 January 37/3
      6. 1889
        The Zendic faith and the Magian priests flourished.
        Monthly Packet 1 September 255
      7. 1910
        He has in active progress further important contributions to our knowledge of Zendic literature.
        Times of India 12 November 7/4
      8. 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

Originally published as part of the entry for Zend, n. & adj.

Zendic, n. & adj. was revised in June 2018.

Zendic, n. & adj. was last modified in July 2023.