pajamas
Syllables: pa·ja·mas/pəˈd͡ʒæ.məz/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
Mid Atlantic/pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/
pajamas noun: clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
Noun
pajamas pl (plural only, attributive pajama)
- Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
- She put on a coat over her new pair of pajamas.
- But I'm not two hundred years old. Why can't I sleep in pajamas?1953, Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, Roman Holiday, spoken by Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn)
- Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.
- The coloured uniform worn by players in professional limited overs matches.
pajamas meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pajamas in Hindi
- clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
- पाजामा pājāmā, पैजामा paijāmā
pajamas in Tamil
- பைஜாமாக்கள், பைஜாமா
pajamas in Marathi
- पायजामा, पायजामे, पायजमा
pajamas in Urdu
- clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
- پاجامَہ pājāma, پائِجامَہ pāijāma, پَجامَہ pajāma, پیجامَہ pejāma, پائے جامَہ pāe jāma
More languagesFewer languages
- pajamas in Bengali
- পায়জামা paẏjama
- pajamas in Telugu
- పైజామా paijāmā
- pajamas in Malayalam
- പൈജാമ paijāma
- pajamas in Kannada
- ಪಾಯಿಜಾಮ
- pajamas in Punjabi
- ਪਜਾਮਾ, ਪਜਾਮੇ
- pajamas in Gujarati
- પાયજામા, પાયજામો, પાઈજામા
- pajamas in Odia
- ପାଇଜାମା, ପାଯଜାମା, ପଜାମା
- pajamas in Sanskrit
- पादांशुक pādāṃśuka
- pajamas in Sinhala
- පිජාමා pijāmā
- pajamas in Nepali
- पायजामा, पाइजामा, पैजामा
- pajamas in Tagalog
- pandiyama, padyama, damit-pantulog
- pajamas in Arabic
- مِنَامَةٌ mināmatun, بِيجَامَا bījāmā
- pajamas in Indonesian
- piyama
- pajamas in Persian
- پیژامِه pižâme, پاجامِه pâjâme
- pajamas in Thai
- ชุดนอน chút-nɔɔn
- pajamas in Vietnamese
- đồ ngủ, pijama
- pajamas in Myanmar
- ညအိပ်ဝတ်စုံ nya.ip-watcum
Examples of pajamas in a sentence
- They wore jorts and crop tops; or strappy, S&M-influenced getups; or pajamas emblazoned with cartoons.
- Stay home in your pajamas, oh fellow member of the pajamahadeen.
- He woke suddenly, and sat up in his feeted pajamas and rubbed his eyes.
Forms of pajamas
| attributive | pajama |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pyjamas |
Origin of pajamas
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पाजामा (pājāmā) / Urdu پاجامہ (pājāma)), from Classical Persian پَاجَامَه (pājāma, “trousers, drawers”), from پَا (pā, “leg”) + جَامَه (jāma, “garment”).
Words formed from pajamas
Phrases with pajamas
Questions about pajamas
- What does pajamas mean?
- Pajamas means clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
- What is pajamas in Hindi?
- Pajamas in Hindi is पाजामा (pājāmā), पैजामा (paijāmā). See Pajamas meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pajamas?
- Pajamas is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pajamas?
- Pajamas is pronounced /pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/ (Mid Atlantic).
Words near pajamas in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pajamas (page history and authors); pajamas (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pajamas (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pajamas (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pajamas (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pajamas (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pajamas (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पादांशुक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); pajamas (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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