Etymograph

English

Paymon

Paymon comes from Classical Persian پیمان ‘a male given name, Payman, Peyman, and Paymon’.

  1. Classical Persianc. 900–presentپیمانpaymān‘a male given name, Payman, Peyman, and Paymon’literally ‘pact, promise, commitment’by way of Tajik Паймон
  2. EnglishtodayPaymon

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Classical Persianc. 900–presentپیمانpaymān‘a male given name, Payman, Peyman, and Paymon’literally ‘pact, promise, commitment’by way of Tajik Паймон
  2. EnglishtodayPaymon

The story

From Classical Persian پیمان (paymān, literally “pact, promise, commitment”), possibly transmitted via Tajik Паймон (Paymon) based on transliteration.

Today it means

name A transliteration of the Persian male given name پیمان (peymân).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Classical Persian پیمان / Paymon