"pyjamas" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/, /paɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/ [archaic] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pyjamas.wav Forms: pyjama [attributive]
Etymology: From Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|पैजामा|tr=paijāmā}} Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā), {{bor|en|ur|پائِجامَہ}} Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), {{der|en|fa-cls|پایجامه|tr=pāyjāma}} Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma) Head templates: {{en-noun|p|attr=pyjama}} pyjamas pl (plural only, attributive pyjama)
  1. British standard spelling of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in). Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Clothing, Sleep
    Sense id: en-pyjamas-en-noun-mw-by5vz Disambiguation of Clothing: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Sleep: 42 29 29 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 30 27 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 48 32 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 52 25 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 24 22
  2. British standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia). Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-pyjamas-en-noun-IhC0wRKS Disambiguation of Clothing: 31 35 34 Categories (other): British English
  3. (cricket) British standard spelling of pajamas. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Cricket, Clothing
    Sense id: en-pyjamas-en-noun-dzmkHKim Disambiguation of Clothing: 31 35 34 Categories (other): British English Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: bedwear, nightclothes, nightwear, sleepwear Derived forms: the cat's pyjamas

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "the cat's pyjamas"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "بِيجَامَا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: بِيجَامَا (bījāmā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: بِيجَامَا (bījāmā)"
    },
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        {
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            "2": "пижа́ма",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: пижа́ма (pižáma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: пижа́ма (pižáma)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: pijama",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Catalan: pijama"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "pyžamo",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Czech: pyžamo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: pyžamo"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: pyjama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Dutch: pyjama"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Estonian: pidžaama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Estonian: pidžaama"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "pyjama",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Finnish: pyjama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: pyjama"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pyjama",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ French: pyjama\n→ Romanian: pijama\n→ Turkish: pijama",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: pyjama\n→ Romanian: pijama\n→ Turkish: pijama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Pyjama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Pyjama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Pyjama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πυτζάμα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: πυτζάμα (pytzáma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: πυτζάμα (pytzáma)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "pižama",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Lithuanian: pižama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lithuanian: pižama"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "pigiama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: pigiama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: pigiama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "no",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: pysjamas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: pysjamas"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prs",
            "2": "پیژامه",
            "tr": "pīžāma"
          },
          "expansion": "Dari: پیژامه (pīžāma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dari: پیژامه (pīžāma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-ira",
            "2": "پیژامه",
            "tr": "pižâme"
          },
          "expansion": "Iranian Persian: پیژامه (pižâme)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Iranian Persian: پیژامه (pižâme)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "пижома"
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          "expansion": "Tajik: пижома (pižoma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: пижома (pižoma)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pijama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: pijama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: pijama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пижама",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пижама (pižama)\n→ Armenian: պիժամա (pižama)\n→ Azerbaijani: pijama\n→ Georgian: პიჟამა (ṗižama)\n→ Kazakh: пижама (pijama)\n→ Kyrgyz: пижама (pijama)\n→ Tajik: пижама (pižama)\n→ Turkmen: pijama\n→ Uzbek: pijama",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пижама (pižama)\n→ Armenian: պիժամա (pižama)\n→ Azerbaijani: pijama\n→ Georgian: პიჟამა (ṗižama)\n→ Kazakh: пижама (pijama)\n→ Kyrgyz: пижама (pijama)\n→ Tajik: пижама (pižama)\n→ Turkmen: pijama\n→ Uzbek: pijama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pijama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: pijama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: pijama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "піжа́ма",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: піжа́ма (pižáma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: піжа́ма (pižáma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "פּיזשאַמע",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: פּיזשאַמע (pizhame)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: פּיזשאַמע (pizhame)"
    }
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        "2": "hi",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "2": "ur",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
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      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma).",
  "forms": [
    {
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        "attributive"
      ]
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bedwear"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nightclothes"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nightwear"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "42 30 27",
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        {
          "_dis": "42 29 29",
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          "langcode": "en",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231",
          "text": "The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, page 178:",
          "text": "She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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          "pajamas#English"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34:",
          "text": "They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "British standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia)."
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          "South Asia#English"
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        "games",
        "hobbies",
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        "sports"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/",
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        "archaic"
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}
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English pluralia tantum",
    "English terms borrowed from Hindi",
    "English terms borrowed from Urdu",
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    "English terms derived from Hindi",
    "English terms derived from Urdu",
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "بِيجَامَا",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: بِيجَامَا (bījāmā)",
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        }
      ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "пижа́ма",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: пижа́ма (pižáma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "pijama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "pyžamo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: pyžamo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: pyžamo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "pyjama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: pyjama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: pyjama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "pidžaama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Estonian: pidžaama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Estonian: pidžaama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "pyjama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: pyjama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: pyjama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pyjama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: pyjama\n→ Romanian: pijama\n→ Turkish: pijama",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: pyjama\n→ Romanian: pijama\n→ Turkish: pijama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Pyjama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Pyjama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Pyjama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πυτζάμα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: πυτζάμα (pytzáma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: πυτζάμα (pytzáma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "pižama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lithuanian: pižama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lithuanian: pižama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "pigiama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: pigiama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: pigiama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "pysjamas",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: pysjamas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: pysjamas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prs",
            "2": "پیژامه",
            "tr": "pīžāma"
          },
          "expansion": "Dari: پیژامه (pīžāma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dari: پیژامه (pīžāma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-ira",
            "2": "پیژامه",
            "tr": "pižâme"
          },
          "expansion": "Iranian Persian: پیژامه (pižâme)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Iranian Persian: پیژامه (pižâme)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "пижома"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: пижома (pižoma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: пижома (pižoma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pijama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: pijama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: pijama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пижама",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пижама (pižama)\n→ Armenian: պիժամա (pižama)\n→ Azerbaijani: pijama\n→ Georgian: პიჟამა (ṗižama)\n→ Kazakh: пижама (pijama)\n→ Kyrgyz: пижама (pijama)\n→ Tajik: пижама (pižama)\n→ Turkmen: pijama\n→ Uzbek: pijama",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пижама (pižama)\n→ Armenian: պիժամա (pižama)\n→ Azerbaijani: pijama\n→ Georgian: პიჟამა (ṗižama)\n→ Kazakh: пижама (pijama)\n→ Kyrgyz: пижама (pijama)\n→ Tajik: пижама (pižama)\n→ Turkmen: pijama\n→ Uzbek: pijama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pijama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: pijama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: pijama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "піжа́ма",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: піжа́ма (pižáma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: піжа́ма (pižáma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "פּיזשאַמע",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: פּיזשאַמע (pizhame)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: פּיזשאַמע (pizhame)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hi",
        "3": "पैजामा",
        "tr": "paijāmā"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ur",
        "3": "پائِجامَہ"
      },
      "expansion": "Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "پایجامه",
        "tr": "pāyjāma"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pyjama",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p",
        "attr": "pyjama"
      },
      "expansion": "pyjamas pl (plural only, attributive pyjama)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "bedwear"
    },
    {
      "word": "nightclothes"
    },
    {
      "word": "nightwear"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleepwear"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231",
          "text": "The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, page 178:",
          "text": "She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "British standard spelling of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pajamas",
          "pajamas#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34:",
          "text": "They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "British standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pajamas",
          "pajamas#English"
        ],
        [
          "South Asia",
          "South Asia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "en:Cricket"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "British standard spelling of pajamas."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "pajamas",
          "pajamas#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket) British standard spelling of pajamas."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "pyjamas"
}

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