pyjamas
English edit
Etymology edit
From Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pyjamas pl (plural only)
- British standard spelling of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in).
- 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231:
- The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.
- 2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, page 178:
- She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.
- 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231:
- British standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia).
- 2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34:
- They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.
Hypernyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
(via singular form pyjama):
- → Arabic: بِيجَامَا (bījāmā)
- → Bulgarian: пижа́ма (pižáma)
- → Catalan: pijama
- → Czech: pyžamo
- → Dutch: pyjama
- → Estonian: pidžaama
- → Finnish: pyjama
- → French: pyjama
- → German: Pyjama
- → Greek: πυτζάμα (pytzáma)
- → Lithuanian: pižama
- → Italian: pigiama
- → Norwegian: pysjamas
- → Persian:
- → Portuguese: pijama
- → Russian: пижама (pižama)
- → Spanish: pijama
- → Ukrainian: піжа́ма (pižáma)
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English pyjamas.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pyjamas c (singular definite pyjamassen, plural indefinite pyjamasser or pyjamas)
Inflection edit
Declension of pyjamas
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pyjamas | pyjamassen | pyjamasser pyjamas |
pyjamasserne pyjamassene |
genitive | pyjamas' | pyjamassens | pyjamassers pyjamas' |
pyjamassernes pyjamassenes |
Further reading edit
- pyjamas on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French edit
Noun edit
pyjamas m
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English pyjamas.
Noun edit
pyjamas m pl
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pyjamas
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English. See there for more.
Noun edit
pyjamas m (definite singular pyjamasen, indefinite plural pyjamasar, definite plural pyjamasane)
References edit
- “pyjamas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pyjamas c
Declension edit
Declension of pyjamas | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pyjamas | pyjamasen | pyjamasar | pyjamasarna |
Genitive | pyjamas | pyjamasens | pyjamasars | pyjamasarnas |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- nattlinne (“nightgown”)
- nattskjorta (“nightshirt”)
References edit
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English pyjamas.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒamas/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒamaz/
Noun edit
pyjamas pl (no singulative)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pyjamas | byjamas | mhyjamas | phyjamas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |