1) Writing system 
The PazendPronunciation-needed or Pazand is one of the writing systems used for the Middle Persian language. Pazend`s principal use was for writing the commentaries (Zend) on and/or translations of the Avesta, the primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism. The word `Pazend` derives from the Avestan words paiti zainti, which can be tr......