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Pyjamas

//pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    British standard spelling of pajamas (“clothes for sleeping in”). plural, plural-only

    "The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas."

  2. 2
    British standard spelling of pajamas (“loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia”). plural, plural-only

    "There was a Delhi embroidered waistcoat to slip over a milky white shirt, fastening to the right, ample and flowing; green pyjamas with twisted silk waist-string; and that nothing might be lacking, russia leather slippers, smelling divinely, with arrogantly curled tips."

  3. 3
    British standard spelling of pajamas. plural, plural-only

Etymology

From Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma).

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