pyjama
See also: Pyjama
English
Alternative forms
- (attributive form of pyjamas): pajama
Noun
pyjama
- (British) attributive form of pyjamas
- 2009 February 12, Derick Chetty, “Proper attire for the bedroom”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- They […] have joined the pyjama parade, proposing sleepwear as outerwear as the new way to dress up for an evening of entertaining at home or on the town.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English pajamas, from pai jamahs (“loose trousers tied at the waist, worn by Muslims in India”), adopted by colonials, especially for nightwear, probably from Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā, “pajama”), itself from Persian پایجامه.
Pronunciation
Noun
pyjama m (plural pyjama's, diminutive pyjamaatje n)
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
pyjama
Declension
Inflection of pyjama (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pyjama | pyjamat | ||
genitive | pyjaman | pyjamien | ||
partitive | pyjamaa | pyjamia | ||
illative | pyjamaan | pyjamiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pyjama | pyjamat | ||
accusative | nom. | pyjama | pyjamat | |
gen. | pyjaman | |||
genitive | pyjaman | pyjamien pyjamain rare | ||
partitive | pyjamaa | pyjamia | ||
inessive | pyjamassa | pyjamissa | ||
elative | pyjamasta | pyjamista | ||
illative | pyjamaan | pyjamiin | ||
adessive | pyjamalla | pyjamilla | ||
ablative | pyjamalta | pyjamilta | ||
allative | pyjamalle | pyjamille | ||
essive | pyjamana | pyjamina | ||
translative | pyjamaksi | pyjamiksi | ||
abessive | pyjamatta | pyjamitta | ||
instructive | — | pyjamin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hypernyms
French
Etymology
From English pyjama, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Urdu/(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi پایجامه (pāyjāma) / पैजामा (paijāmā), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian پايجامه / پاجامه (pāyjāma / pājāma, “leg garment”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pyjama m (plural pyjamas)
Further reading
- “pyjama”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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