Pyjama

See also: pyjama

German

Pyjama

Etymology

Borrowed from English pyjamas, from Urdu پایجامه (pāyjāma) and Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā), from Persian پایجامه / پاجامه (pâyjâme / pâjâme, “leg garment”). See پای (pây, "leg") and جامه (jâmeh, garment).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyˈ(d)ʒaːma/, /piˈ(d)ʒaːma/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpiʃama/ (alternatively in Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /piˈjaːma/, /pyˈjaːma/ (rare)

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• Hyphenation: Py‧ja‧ma

Noun

Pyjama m or n (strong, genitive Pyjamas, plural Pyjamas)

1. pyjamas; pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)

   Synonym: Schlafanzug

Declension

Declension of Pyjama [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Pyjama	die	Pyjamas
genitive	eines	des	Pyjamas	der	Pyjamas
dative	einem	dem	Pyjama	den	Pyjamas
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Pyjama	die	Pyjamas

Descendants

• → Czech: pyžamo

Further reading

• “Pyjama” in Duden online
• “Pyjama” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache