Loose-fitting clothes worn for sleeping, typically consisting of a shirt and pants, often called 'pajamas' in American English.
From Urdu 'paijama,' derived from Persian 'pai' (leg) and 'jama' (garment), originally referring to loose trousers worn in South Asia, adopted into English during colonial India.
Pyjamas are a fascinating example of words that migrated through empires—the British spelling 'pyjamas' shows they learned the word via Urdu, while Americans simplified it to 'pajamas' in their own style.
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