pajamas

Meanings

1. 1
   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.

2. 2
   noun

   Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.

3. 3
   noun

   The coloured uniform worn by players in professional limited overs matches.

Etymology

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