پیمان

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ptmʾn' /⁠paymān⁠/, measure, period; moderation; treaty), ultimately from *pati- and *maH- (to measure). Related to the verb پیمودن (peymudan, to measure). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian պայման (payman), Old Georgian პაემანი (ṗaemani), Arabic فَيْمَان (faymān).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? paymān
Dari reading? paymān
Iranian reading? peymân
Tajik reading? paymon

Noun

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Dari پیمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik паймон

پیمان (peymân) (plural پیمان‌ها (peymân-hâ))

  1. pledge
  2. pact
  3. agreement
  4. contract

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: peyman
  • Ottoman Turkish: پیمان (peyman)
  • Turkmen: peýman
  • Urdu: پیمان (paimān)
  • Uzbek: paymon
  • Northern Kurdish: peyman

Proper noun

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Dari پیمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Паймон

پیمان (peymân)

  1. a male given name, Payman, Peyman, or Paymon.

Further reading

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پیمان (paymān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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پیمان (paimānm (Hindi spelling पैमान)

  1. measuring
  2. agreement, compact, convention, treaty, stipulation, pledge, promise; security; confirmation; asseveration, oath

Further reading

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  • پیمان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “پيمان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.