zend
n. பண்டை ஈரானிய மொழி.
Zend, n. Etym: [See Zend-Avesta.] Defn: Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzvâresh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.