pajamas
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Two boys in pajamas.
English
Alternative forms
- pyjamas (Australia, UK, Canada, borrowed from Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), using Classical Persian پَای (pāy) instead of پَا (pā))
Etymology
From Urdu پاجامہ (pājāma) / Hindi पाजामा (pājāmā), from Classical Persian پَاجَامَه (pājāma, “trousers, drawers”), from پَا (pā, “leg”) + جَامَه (jāma, “garment”).
Pronunciation
- (Mid-Atlantic, New England, Southern American English) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/
- (Canada, Midland, Northern US, Western US) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒæ.məz/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
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
Pajamas is chiefly an American spelling; the rest of the English-speaking world uses pyjamas.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Descendants
(via singular form pajama):
Translations
clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
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loose-fitting trousers worn in South Asia
See also
References
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Noun
pãjamas
- accusative of pãjamos (“income”)
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English pyjamas.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /paˈd͡ʒamas/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /paˈd͡ʒamaz/
Noun
pajamas pl (no singulative)
- Alternative form of pyjamas
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| pajamas | bajamas | mhajamas | phajamas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||