pyjamas
/pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/ · noun
Meaning
- UK standard spelling of pajamas (“clothes for sleeping in”).
- UK standard spelling of pajamas (“loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia”).
- 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).
- پایجامه(fa-cls)→
- پائِجامَہ(ur)→
- पैजामा(Hindi)→
- -(inc-hnd)→
- pyjamas (English)
- Relations: bor, bor, bor, der
Related words
-(inc-hnd)पैजामा(Hindi)پائِجامَہ(ur)پایجامه(fa-cls)пижама(Bulgarian)pyjamas(Danish)pyjama(Dutch)pyjama(Finnish)Pyjama(German)pizsama(Hungarian)pitseámaí(Irish)pigiama(Italian)пижама(Kazakh)pižama(Lithuanian)pyjamas(Norman)pysjamas(Norwegian Bokmål)pysjamas(Norwegian Nynorsk)pijama(Portuguese)пижама(Russian)pijama(Spanish)pijama(Turkish)піжама(Ukrainian)pajamas(Welsh)pyjamas(Welsh)פּיזשאַמעס(Yiddish)
Descendant words
- пижама(Bulgarian) (bor)
- pyjamas(Danish) (bor)
- pyjama(Dutch) (bor)
- pyjama(Finnish) (bor)
- Pyjama(German) (bor)
- pizsama(Hungarian) (uder)
- pitseámaí(Irish) (bor)
- pigiama(Italian) (bor)
- пижама(Kazakh) (der)
- pižama(Lithuanian) (bor)
- pyjamas(Norman) (bor)
- pysjamas(Norwegian Bokmål) (der)
- pysjamas(Norwegian Nynorsk) (der)
- pijama(Portuguese) (bor)
- пижама(Russian) (bor)
- pijama(Spanish) (bor)
- pijama(Turkish) (der)
- піжама(Ukrainian) (bor)
- pajamas(Welsh) (bor)
- pyjamas(Welsh) (bor)
- פּיזשאַמעס(Yiddish) (bor)
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