Arabic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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بِيجَامَا (bījāmā?

  1. pyjamas

Further reading

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بيجاما”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN