pyjama
See also: Pyjama
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (attributive form of pyjamas): pajama
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Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
pyjama
- (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.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed 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.
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Noun edit
pyjama m (plural pyjama's, diminutive pyjamaatje n)
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- → Indonesian: piyama
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Finnish edit
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Noun edit
pyjama
Declension edit
Inflection 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 pyjamainrare | ||
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. |
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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
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Etymology edit
English pyjama, from Urdu پایجامه (pāyjāma) / Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā), from Persian پایجامه (pâyjâma) / پاجامه (pâjâma, “leg garment”).
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Noun edit
pyjama m (plural pyjamas)
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “pyjama”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.