pajamas

English
Two boys in pajamas.

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Mid-Atlantic, New England, Southern American English) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/[1]
  • (Canada, Midland, Northern US, Western US) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒæ.məz/[1]
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

pajamas pl (normally plural, singular pajama)

  1. Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
  2. Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.

Usage notes

Pajamas is chiefly an American spelling; the rest of the English-speaking world uses pyjamas.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

(via singular form pajama):

  • → Korean: 파자마 (pajama)
  • → Japanese: パジャマ (pajama)
  • → Tagalog: padyama

Translations

See also

References
  1. A Latent Class Analysis of American English Dialects

Lithuanian

Noun

pãjamas

  1. accusative of pãjamos (“income”)

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Pronunciation

Noun

pajamas pl (no singulative)

  1. Alternative form of pyjamas

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pajamas bajamas mhajamas phajamas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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