pajamas

pa·ja·mas
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Mid Atlantic, New England, Southern US/pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz//pəˈd͡ʒæ.məz/Ireland/pəˈd͡ʒaː.məs/Ireland/pəˈd͡ʒæː.məs/

noun

Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

“She put on a coat over her new pair of pajamas.”

OriginHindi पाजामा ← Urdu پاجامہ ← Classical Persian پَاجَامَه →
Less commonScrabble 18
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Meanings

nounpajamas pl (plural only, attributive pajama)

attributive pajama · alternative pyjamas

  1. pluralplural onlyClothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

    She put on a coat over her new pair of pajamas.

    1 more example

    But I'm not two hundred years old. Why can't I sleep in pajamas?

    1953, Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, Roman Holiday, spoken by Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn)
  2. pluralplural onlyLoose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.
  3. pluralplural onlyslangball gamesThe coloured uniform worn by players in professional limited overs matches.

Synonyms & antonyms

Broader
bedwearnightclothesnightwearsleepwear
Also see
bedclothes

Origin

  1. Classical Persianپَاجَامَه“trousers, drawers”
  2. Urduپاجامہ
  3. Hindiपाजामा
  4. Englishpajamas

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पाजामा (pājāmā) / Urdu پاجامہ (pājāma)), from Classical Persian پَاجَامَه (pājāma, “trousers, drawers”), from پَا (pā, “leg”) + جَامَه (jāma, “garment”).

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Translations

Arabic مِنَامَة, بِيجَامَا
  • مِنَامَة (mināma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • بِيجَامَا (bījāmā)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Bengali পায়জামা
  • পায়জামা (paẏjama)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Bulgarian пижа́ма, но́щница
  • пижа́ма (pižáma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • но́щница (nóštnica)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • спа́лно облекло́ (spálno oblekló)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • шалва́ри (šalvári)loose-fitting trousers worn in South Asia
Catalan pijama
  • pijamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Chinese Cantonese 睡衣, 瞓覺衫 /𰥛觉衫
  • 睡衣 (seoi⁶ ji¹)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • 瞓覺衫 /𰥛觉衫 (fan³ gaau³ saam¹)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Chinese Mandarin 睡衣
  • 睡衣 (shuìyī)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Czech pyžamo
  • pyžamoclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Danish pyjamas
  • pyjamasclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Dutch pyjama
  • pyjamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Esperanto piĵamo
  • piĵamoclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Estonian pidžaama
  • pidžaamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Finnish pyjama, yöpuku
  • pyjamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • yöpukuclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
French pyjama
  • pyjamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
German Pyjama, Schlafanzug
  • Pyjamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • Schlafanzugclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • Pölterclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Greek πιτζάμα
  • πιτζάμα (pitzáma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Hebrew פִּיגָ׳מָה
  • פִּיגָ׳מָה (pijáma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Hindi पाजामा, पैजामा
  • पाजामा (pājāmā)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • पैजामा (paijāmā)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Hungarian pizsama
  • pizsamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Icelandic náttföt
  • náttfötclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Indonesian piyama
  • piyamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Irish pitseámaí
  • pitseámaíclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Italian pigiama
  • pigiamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Japanese パジャマ, 寝間着
  • パジャマ (pajama)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • 寝間着 (nemaki)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Korean 파자마, 잠옷
  • 파자마 (pajama)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • 잠옷 (jamot)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Latvian pidžama
  • pidžamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Lithuanian pižama
  • pižamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Māori kākahu moe
  • kākahu moeclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Norwegian Bokmål pysjamas, nattdrakt
  • pysjamasclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • nattdraktclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Persian پیژامِه, پاجامِه
  • پیژامِه (pižâme)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • پاجامِه (pâjâme)loose-fitting trousers worn in South Asia
Polish piżama, pidżama
  • piżamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • pidżamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • piżamaloose-fitting trousers worn in South Asia
  • pidżamaloose-fitting trousers worn in South Asia
Portuguese pijama
  • pijamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Romanian pijama
  • pijamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Russian пижа́ма, шарова́ры
  • пижа́ма (pižáma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • шарова́ры (šarováry)loose-fitting trousers worn in South Asia
Scottish Gaelic aodach-oidhche, deise-leapa
  • aodach-oidhcheclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • deise-leapaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Slovak pyžamo, pyžama
  • pyžamoclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • pyžamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Spanish pijama, pijamas
  • pijamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • pijamasclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Swedish pyjamas
  • pyjamasclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Tagalog pandiyama, padyama
  • pandiyamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • padyamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • damit-pantulogclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Thai ชุดนอน
  • ชุดนอน (chút-nɔɔn)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Turkish pijama
  • pijamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Ukrainian піжа́ма
  • піжа́ма (pižáma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Urdu پاجامَہ, پائِجامَہ
  • پاجامَہ (pājāma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • پائِجامَہ (pāijāma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • پَجامَہ (pajāma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • پیجامَہ (pejāma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • پائے جامَہ (pāe jāma)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Vietnamese đồ ngủ, pijama
  • đồ ngủclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • pijamaclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Welsh pyjamas, pajamas
  • pyjamasclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • pajamasclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
  • siwt nosclothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
Yiddish פּיזשאַמעס
  • פּיזשאַמעס (pizhames)clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
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