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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kids_in_pajamas.jpg/220px-Kids_in_pajamas.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]- pyjamas (Australia, UK, Canada, borrowed from Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), using Classical Persian پَای (pāy) instead of پَا (pā))
Etymology
[edit]From Urdu پاجامہ (pājāma) / Hindi पाजामा (pājāmā), from Classical Persian پَاجَامَه (pājāma, “trousers, drawers”), from پَا (pā, “leg”) + جَامَه (jāma, “garment”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Mid-Atlantic, New England, Southern US) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/[1]
- (Canada, Midland US, Northern US, Western US) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒæ.məz/[1]
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]pajamas pl (normally plural, singular pajama)
- Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
- Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.
Usage notes
[edit]Pajamas is chiefly an American spelling; the rest of the English-speaking world uses pyjamas.
Hypernyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit](via singular form pajama):
Translations
[edit]clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
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loose-fitting trousers worn in South Asia
See also
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[edit]Lithuanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pãjamas
- accusative of pãjamos (“income”)
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English pyjamas.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /paˈd͡ʒamas/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /paˈd͡ʒamaz/
Noun
[edit]pajamas pl (no singulative)
- Alternative form of pyjamas
Mutation
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- English pluralia tantum
- en:Clothing
- en:Sleep
- Lithuanian non-lemma forms
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