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pyjamas

See also: Pyjamas and pyjamas'

English

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A girl (and a doll) wearing pyjamas

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/, (archaic) /paɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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pyjamas pl (plural only)

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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(via singular form pyjama):

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pyjaːmas/, [pʰyˈjæːmas]

Noun

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pyjamas c (singular definite pyjamassen, plural indefinite pyjamasser or pyjamas)

  1. pajamas, pyjamas

Inflection

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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

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French

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Noun

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pyjamas m

  1. plural of pyjama

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Noun

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pyjamas m pl

  1. pyjamas

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pyjamas

  1. pajamas

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English. See there for more.

Noun

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pyjamas m (definite singular pyjamasen, indefinite plural pyjamasar, definite plural pyjamasane)

  1. pajamas

References

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pyjamas c

  1. pajamas, pyjamas
    sova i pyjamas
    sleep in pajamas

Declension

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Declension of pyjamas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pyjamas pyjamasen pyjamasar pyjamasarna
Genitive pyjamas pyjamasens pyjamasars pyjamasarnas

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pyjamas pl (no singulative)

  1. pyjamas

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
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.
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