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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Zend \Zend\, n. [See {Zend-Avesta}.]
     Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv[^a]resh,
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Avestan \A*ves"tan\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta.
     -- n. The language of the Avesta; -- less properly called
     {Zend}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Zend
       n : an ancient Iranian language [syn: {Avestan}]

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