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Pyjama

Pronunciation: /pyˈ(d)ʒaːma/

“Pyjama” is a German word. Its meaning in English:

noun

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

Etymology

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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