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pa·ja·ma

(pə-jä′mə, -jăm′ə)

n. often pajamas

1. A garment, usually consisting of loose-fitting pants and a shirt or top, worn for sleeping or lounging.

2. A pair of loose-fitting pants worn in South and Southeast Asia by men and women.

[Hindi pāyjāmā, pājāmā and Urdu pāyjāma, pājāma, loose-fitting trousers, from Persian pāyjāma, pājāma : pāy, pā, foot, leg (from Middle Persian pāy, foot; see ped- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + jāma, garment (from Middle Persian ǰāmag; akin to Greek zōma, loincloth, girdle, and Lithuanian juosti, to gird).]

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pajamas

(pəˈdʒɑːməz)

pl n

(Clothing & Fashion) the US spelling of pyjamas

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pa•ja•mas

(pəˈdʒɑ məz, -ˈdʒæm əz)

n. (used with a pl. v.)

1. nightclothes consisting of loose-fitting trousers and a jacket.

2. loose trousers of silk, cotton, etc., orig. worn in India and parts of the Middle East.

Also, esp. Brit., pyjamas.

[1870–75; pl. of pajama < Hindi, variant of pāyjāma < Persian pāy leg + jāma garment]

pa•ja′maed, adj.

Translations

pyžamo

Schlafanzug

pijama piyama

pidžaama

pyjamayöpuku

pyjama

pidžama

piyama

pyžamo

pižama

pyjamas

(American) pajamas (pəˈdʒaːməz) noun plural

a suit for sleeping, consisting of trousers and a jacket. two pairs of pyjamas.

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