pyjama
pronunciation
How to pronounce pyjama in British English:
UK [pəˈdʒɑ:mə]
How to pronounce pyjama in American English:
US [pəˈdʒæmə]
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- Noun:
- a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries
Word Origin
- pyjama
- pyjama: [18] Pyjamas are etymologically ‘leggarments’ – that is, ‘trousers’. The word comes from Hindi pāejāma, a compound formed from Persian pāī ‘foot’, hence ‘leg’ (which goes back to the same Indo-European ancestor as English foot) and jāmah ‘clothing’. It denoted the loose trousers worn in India and the Middle East. Europeans living in that part of the world took to wearing them, especially for sleeping in. They brought them back to Europe, where, for reasons of temperature or propriety, a jacket was added to the trousers, in due course being subsumed under the term pyjama.=> foot, pedal
Example
- 1. Only pyjama bottoms and a t-shirt .
- 2. You 've talked me into buying this pyjama .
- 3. Ann , suddenly panicked , feels under the sheets for her pyjama bottoms .
- 4. She changed in to her pyjama camisole and her shorts fell in to bed .
- 5. He has lost the suitcase , and must borrow the night clothes pyjama trousers to tom .