zend-avestanhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zend-avestan_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZend-Avestan, adj. & n.
First published 2017

Zend-Avestanadjective & noun

  1. 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 is written; cf. Avestan n.
    Stressed as Zend-Aˈvestan.
    1. 1871
      The Zend-Avestan statement as to the length of the summer day being double that of the day in winter.
      Rectangular Review July 49
    2. 1907
      When the church adopted Zend-Avestan supernaturalism, it lost Jesus by the waysides of Judea.
      C. A. Stephens, Nat. Salvation Introduction p. xxiv
    3. 1920
      In the field of the Baltic languages and in Zend Avestan his contributions are fundamental.
      Modern Language Notes vol. 35 243
    4. 1986
      Wilson confronted the Parsis on the basis of his considerable training and Zend Avestan scholarship.
      F. F. Conlon in M. H. Case & N. G. Barrier, Aspects India 90
    5. 2005
      European researchers..placed Zend-Avestan..in its historical relationship to Sanskrit in 1832.
      S. G. Alter, W. D. Whitney & Sci. Language i. 23

Originally published as part of the entry for Zend-Avesta, n.

Zend-Avestan, adj. & n. was first published in 2017.