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Narrator: Today's word is "Pyjamas" — noun, pronounced /pəˈdʒɑːməz/, with the stress on "ja".
Narrator: Pyjamas are a loose jacket or top and trousers worn in bed.
Narrator: In plain English, they are your nightclothes.
Narrator: It comes from the Hindi and Persian pāy-jāma, leg garment.
Narrator: A common collocation is "a pair of pyjamas", which describes one set.
Narrator: It differs from "nightdress", because a nightdress is one long garment, while pyjamas have trousers.
Narrator: In a second sense, "pyjama party" means a sleepover.
Narrator: Fashion, retail, travel and childcare all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: pyjamas mean it's bedtime.
Speaker A: Why are you still in pyjamas at noon?
Speaker B: It's Sunday! PYJAMAS comes from the Hindi for leg garment.
Speaker A: Fair enough.
Speaker B: Coffee first, clothes later.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Put your pyjamas on", a bedtime line. "She bought silk pyjamas", a shopping note. "The kids had a pyjama party", a sleepover.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: British spelling is "pyjamas", American is "pajamas", and use "pyjama" before a noun, as in "pyjama top".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Nightwear is its cousin, loungewear its twin, and PJs an alternative — yet pyjamas keep their snug charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "pyjamas" in AI prompts — useful for fashion shops and localisation.
Speaker A: How for shops?
Speaker B: Product text.
Prompt: Write a cosy product description for flannel pyjamas for winter.
Speaker A: And localisation?
Speaker B: Spelling rules.
Prompt: Convert this product feed from American to British spelling, including pajamas to pyjamas.
Speaker A: Could it help parents?
Speaker B: Yes, for routines.
Prompt: Create a bedtime routine chart for a toddler that includes putting on pyjamas.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: A charity event.
Prompt: Write a school announcement for a pyjama day fundraiser.
Pyjamas — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary