pyjama
See also: Pyjama
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (attributive form of pyjamas): pajama
Pronunciation
editAudio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editpyjama
- (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.
Derived terms
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English pyjamas, with spelling pronunciation, 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
editNoun
editpyjama m (plural pyjama's, diminutive pyjamaatje n)
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Descendants
edit- → Indonesian: piyama
See also
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpyjama
Declension
editInflection 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
editDerived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “pyjama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
editEtymology
editEnglish pyjama, from Urdu پایجامه (pāyjāma) / Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā), from Persian پایجامه (pâyjâma) / پاجامه (pâjâma, “leg garment”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpyjama m (plural pyjamas)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “pyjama”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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