zendishhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zendish_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZendish, adj. & n.
Revised 2018

† Zendishadjective & noun

Obsolete.
  1. 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.
    1. 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
    2. 1813
      In ancient Media, Zendish was the language of the northern, and Pehlvi, or Parthian, of the southern parts.
      Quarterly Review October 266
    3. 1887
      This observation, mutatis mutandis, applies to other branches of study than those of Zendish and Pahlavi.
      Nonconformist & Independent 25 August 805/3
    4. 1921
      Nor can we take the time to even glance at Zendish, the Pahlavic, the Himyaritic.
      Open Court November 694

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

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