pajamas

B2 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

Also spelled pyjama and pyjamas

US /pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/ See IPA manual

Freq #8723

Meanings

1

noun
A loose set of clothes, usually a top and trousers, worn for sleeping.

She put on her warm pajamas and got into bed.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms dayjamasjammiespajamapajamahadeenpj'spjs

Related forms nightie nightshirt

Simplified etymology

Pyjamas entered English in the early 19th century from Urdu and Persian pāy-jāma, literally “leg clothing,” from pāy, “leg,” and jāma, “clothing.”

Etymology

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

پاجامہ ur पाजामा hi پَاجَامَه fa-cls

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Topics

Clothing & Appearance

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# pajamas

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/
**Frequency rank:** 8723

## Meanings
1. A loose set of clothes, usually a top and trousers, worn for sleeping.

## Examples
- She put on her warm pajamas and got into bed.

## Derived Forms
- dayjamas
- jammies
- pajama
- pajamahadeen
- pj's
- pjs

## Related Forms
- nightie
- nightshirt

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: پاجامہ
- Root: पाजामा
- Root: پَاجَامَه

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

## AI Etymology
Pajamas comes from Urdu پاجامہ (pājāma) (Hindi पाजामा (pājāmā)), from Classical Persian پَاجَامَه (pājāma, “trousers, drawers”), from پَا (pā, “leg”) + جَامَه (jāma, “garment”). The historical chain includes ur پاجامہ, hi पाजामा, and fa-cls پَاجَامَه. Modern senses include a loose set of clothes, usually a top and trousers, worn for sleeping. The wider word family includes derivatives such as dayjamas, jammies, pajama, pajamahadeen, pj's, and pjs and related forms such as nightie and nightshirt.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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