Masculine

Pyjama

Meaning

pyjamas; pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)

Synonyms

Nachtanzug

Nachtgewand

Nachtkleid

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bytschaama

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/pyˈ(d)ʒaːma/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from English pyjamas, from Urdu پایجامه (pāyjāma) and Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā), from Persian پایجامه / پاجامه (pâyjâme / pâjâme, “leg garment”). See پای (pây, "leg") and جامه (jâmeh, garment).

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