Pyjama

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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)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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
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
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