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pyjamas

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See also: Pyjamas and pyjamas'

English

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A girl (and a doll) wearing pyjamas

Etymology

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From Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/, (archaic) /paɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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pyjamas pl (plural only)

  1. British standard spelling of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in).
    • 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231:
      The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.
    • 2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, page 178:
      She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.
  2. British standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia).
    • 2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34:
      They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.

Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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(via singular form pyjama):

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pyjaːmas/, [pʰyˈjæːmas]

Noun

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pyjamas c (singular definite pyjamassen, plural indefinite pyjamasser or pyjamas)

  1. pajamas, pyjamas

Inflection

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Further reading

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French

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Noun

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pyjamas m

  1. plural of pyjama

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Noun

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pyjamas m pl

  1. pyjamas

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pyjamas

  1. pajamas

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English. See there for more.

Noun

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pyjamas m (definite singular pyjamasen, indefinite plural pyjamasar, definite plural pyjamasane)

  1. pajamas

References

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pyjamas c

  1. pajamas, pyjamas
    sova i pyjamas
    sleep in pajamas

Declension

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Declension of pyjamas
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pyjamas pyjamas
definite pyjamasen pyjamasens
plural indefinite pyjamasar pyjamasars
definite pyjamasarna pyjamasarnas

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pyjamas pl (no singulative)

  1. pyjamas

Mutation

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Mutated forms of pyjamas
radical soft nasal aspirate
pyjamas byjamas mhyjamas phyjamas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.