pijama
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pijama m (plural pijames)
Further reading
- “pijama”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
Etymology
From English pyjamas, from Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā), from Persian پایجامه (“leg garment”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈʒɐ̃.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈʒɐ.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈʒɐ.mɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈʒa.mɐ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
- Hyphenation: pi‧ja‧ma
Noun
pijama m (plural pijamas)
- pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pyjama, from Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā, “pajama”), from Persian پایجامه (“leg garment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piʒaˈma/
Noun
pijama f (plural pijamale)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | pijama | pijamaua | pijamale | pijamalele | |
| genitive-dative | pijamale | pijamalei | pijamale | pijamalelor | |
| vocative | pijama | pijamalelor | |||
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English pyjamas.[1] The masculine gender is due to analogy with loanwords from the Ancient Greek neuter third declension, but it is not actually a Greek word.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ama
- IPA(key): /piˈxama/ [piˈxa.ma]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: pi‧ja‧ma
Noun
pijama f or (less commonly) m (plural pijamas)
References
- ^ “pijama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Further reading
- “pijama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Turkish
Etymology
From French pyjama, from English pyjama, from Hindustani پائجامہ / पैजामा (paijāmā), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma). Doublet of pacame.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [piˈʒämä]
- Hyphenation: pi‧ja‧ma
Noun
pijama (definite accusative pijamayı, plural pijamalar)
Declension
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Further reading
- “pijama”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pijama”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “pijama”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı