Zend-Avestic, adj.

zend-avestic
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First published 2018

# Zend-Avesticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective Zend-Avestic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective Zend-Avestic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### Where does the adjective Zend-Avestic come from?

Earliest known use

1860s

The earliest known use of the adjective Zend-Avestic is in the 1860s.

OED's earliest evidence for Zend-Avestic is from 1864, in the writing of J. M. Fuller.

### Nearby entries

1. Zen, n. & adj. 1727–
2. Zen, v. 1968–
3. zenana, n. & adj. 1761–
4. zenana cloth, n. 1885–
5. Zen Buddhist, adj. & n. 1917–
6. Zend, n. & adj. 1700–
7. zendaletto, n. 1789–
8. Zend-Avesta, n. 1630–
9. Zend-Avestaic, adj. 1816
10. Zend-Avestan, adj. & n. 1871–
11. Zend-Avestic, adj.1864–
12. Zendic, n. & adj. 1771–
13. Zendician, n. a1833–66
14. Zendicism, n. 1697–
15. Zendish, adj. & n. 1802–1921
16. Zendist, n. 1877–1907
17. zendo, n. 1914–
18. Zener, n.¹ 1934–
19. Zener, n.² 1949–
20. Zengakuren, n. 1950–
21. Zen garden, n. 1937–

## Meaning & use

rare.

1. 1864–
   Of or relating to the Zend-Avesta, or the ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written.
   Stressed as Zend-Aˈvestic.
   1. 1864

      > Two of the greatest European authorities in Zend-Avestic literature.

      J. M. Fuller, Ess. on Authenticity of Book of Daniel v. 186
   2. 1913

      > The invaluable services he [sc. L. H. Mills] has rendered..to Zend-Avestic research.

      L. Mills, Our Own Relig. in Ancient Persia x. 148
   3. 1985

      > Respecting the Roman cult of Mithra, it is a common-place blunder, to attribute this to the Zend-Avestic culture.

      Executive Intelligence Review 4 June 38/1
   1. Zend 1762–
      Of or relating to the Avestan language or to the Zend-Avesta; of or relating to Zoroastrianism; Zoroastrian. Also: designating the Avestan language…
   2. Zend-Avestaic 1816
      Of or relating to the Zend-Avesta, or the ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written.
   3. Avestan 1856–
      Of or relating to the Avesta (Avesta, n.) or to the ancient Iranian language in which it is written (cf. Avestan, n.).
   4. Zend-Avestic 1864–
      Of or relating to the Zend-Avesta, or the ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written.
   5. Avestic 1865–
      Of or relating to the Avesta or the ancient Iranian language in which it is written; = Avestan, adj. Cf. Zend-Avestic, adj.
   6. Zend-Avestan 1871–
      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…
   7. Gathaic 1891–
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Originally published as part of the entry for Zend-Avesta, n.

Zend-Avestic, adj. was first published in 2018.