pyjamas

Etymology

noun

1. Britain standard spelling of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in).
   The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas. 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231
   She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk. 2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, page 178
2. Britain standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia).
   They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas. 2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34