पाजामा

Hindi

Alternative forms

पैजामा (paijāmā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (pājāma, “trousers, drawers”), from (pā, “leg”) + (jāma, “garment”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɑː.d͡ʒɑː.mɑː/, [päː.d͡ʒäː.mäː]

Noun

पाजामा • (pājāmā) m (Urdu spelling پاجامہ)

loose cotton trousers; pajamas

Declension

Declension of *पाजामा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	पाजामा pājāmā	पाजामे pājāme
oblique	पाजामे pājāme	पाजामों pājāmõ
vocative	पाजामे pājāme	पाजामो pājāmo

Descendants

→ English: pajamas, pyjamas (Australia, UK, Canada, borrowed from Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), using Classical Persian (pāy) instead of (pā))
- → Hebrew: פִּיגָ׳מָה (pijáma)
- → Japanese: パジャマ (pajama)
- → Korean: 파자마 (pajama)
- → Tagalog: padyama

(via पैजामा (paijāmā)):

→ English: pyjamas
- → Arabic: بِيجَامَا (bījāmā)
- → Bulgarian: пижа́ма (pižáma)
- → Catalan: pijama
- → Czech: pyžamo
- → Dutch: pyjama
- → Estonian: pidžaama
- → Finnish: pyjama
- → French: pyjama
  - → Romanian: pijama
  - → Turkish: pijama
- → German: Pyjama
- → Greek: πυτζάμα (pytzáma)
- → Lithuanian: pižama
- → Italian: pigiama
- → Norwegian: pysjamas
- → Persian:
  - Dari: پیژامه (pīžāma)
  - Iranian Persian: پیژامه (pižâme)
  - Tajik: пижома (pižoma)
- → Portuguese: pijama
- → Russian: пижама (pižama)
  - → Armenian: պիժամա (pižama)
  - → Azerbaijani: pijama
  - → Georgian: პიჟამა (ṗižama)
  - → Kazakh: пижама (pijama)
  - → Kyrgyz: пижама (pijama)
  - → Tajik: пижама (pižama)
  - → Turkmen: pijama
  - → Uzbek: pijama
- → Spanish: pijama
- → Ukrainian: піжа́ма (pižáma)
- → Yiddish: פּיזשאַמע (pizhame)