пижама

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [piˈʒa̟mɐ]

Noun

пижа́ма • (pižámaf

  1. pyjamas

Inflection

Declension of пижа́ма
singular plural
indefinite пижа́ма
pižáma
пижа́ми
pižámi
definite пижа́мата
pižámata
пижа́мите
pižámite

References

  • пижама”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пижама”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic پيجاما
Cyrillic пижама
Latin pijama

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пижа́ма (pižáma), from English pyjama, from Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma).

Noun

пижама • (pijama)

  1. pyjamas

Derived terms

  • пижамалық (pijamalyq)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [piˈʒama]

Noun

пижама • (pižamaf (plural пижами, diminutive пижамче)

  1. pyjamas

Usage notes

  • This term is used almost exclusively in the plural.

Declension

Declension of пижама
singular plural
indefinite пижама (pižama) пижами (pižami)
definite unspecified пижамата (pižamata) пижамите (pižamite)
definite proximal пижамава (pižamava) пижамиве (pižamive)
definite distal пижамана (pižamana) пижамине (pižamine)
vocative пижамо (pižamo) пижами (pižami)

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈʐamə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

пижа́ма • (pižámaf inan (genitive пижа́мы, nominative plural пижа́мы, genitive plural пижа́м, relational adjective пижа́мный, diminutive пижа́мка)

  1. pyjamas

Declension

Borrowed

Derived from Persian جامه:

Descendants

  • Armenian: պիժամա (pižama)
  • Azerbaijani: pijama
  • Georgian: პიჟამა (ṗižama)
  • Kazakh: пижама (pijama)
  • Kyrgyz: пижама (pijama)
  • Tajik: пижама (pižama)
  • Turkmen: pijama
  • Uzbek: pijama

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пижама”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “пижама”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 31