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(zend′ə ves′tə)

noun

Avesta

Origin: Fr, altered < Avestá-va-Zend < MPers avastāk va zand, lit., (sacred) text and interpretation

See Zend-Avesta in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The Avesta.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Persian zandavastā

Origin: , from transposition of Avestā-va-zend, text and commentary

Origin: , from Pahlavi Abestāg u zand

Origin: : abestāg, text (sense uncertain, possibly from Avestan *upastāvaka-, praise, from upastaoiti, he praises : upa-, up to, at; see upo in Indo-European roots + staoiti, he praises)

Origin: + u, with

Origin: + zand, explanation (from Avestan zainti-, knowledge, interpretation; see gnō- in Indo-European roots)

Related Forms:

Zendˌ-A·ves·taˈic (-vĕs-tāˈĭk) adjective

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