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pyjamas

/pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. UK standard spelling of pajamas (“clothes for sleeping in”).
  2. UK standard spelling of pajamas (“loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia”).
  3. UK standard spelling of pajamas.

Etymology / origin

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

  1. پایجامه(fa-cls)
  2. پائِجامَہ(ur)
  3. पैजामा(Hindi)
  4. -(inc-hnd)
  5. pyjamas (English)
  6. Relations: bor, bor, bor, der

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