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Pajamas (American English), also spelled pyjamas in British English, and often shortened to PJs, jimmies, jimjams or jammies, can refer to several related types of clothing. Pajamas are loose-fitting, ''two-piece'' garments derived from the original garment and worn chiefly for sleeping,〔("'Moe' with owners James Davis & wife, in bed in children's pajamas, at home." ), ''Life'' magazine, 1971, (Photographer: Ralph Crane).〕 but sometimes also for lounging,〔("Model clad in lounging pyjamas featuring peg-top trousers like jodpurs for sale at Neiman Marcus" ) ''Life'' magazine, 1939, (Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt)〕 also by both genders.〔("Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos playing native Brazilian folk instrument from his collection, while wearing jacket over his pajamas & smoking cigarette; at home." ) ''Life'' magazine, 1945 (Photographer: Unknown; Location: Rio De Janeiro)〕 More generally, pajamas may refer to several garments, for both daywear and nightwear, derived from traditional pajamas and involving variations of style and material. The word ''pyjama'' 〔http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/dic/oed/pyjamas/pyjamas.html〕 was incorporated into the English language via the British Empire from c. 1800 through the Bengali , itself from the Persian word lit. "leg-garment"). The original ''pyjāmā'' are loose, lightweight trousers fitted with drawstring waistbands worn by Muslims in India and adopted by Europeans there.〔(Dictionary Meaning: ''Pyjama'' ); TheFreeDictionary; Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Encyclopedia; cf. ''The Oxford English Dictionary''. 1989 edition. Oxford University Press. Oxford and London.〕 ==History== The word ''pyjama'' was incorporated into the English language via Bengali. The word originally derives from Persian ''pāyjāmeh'' meaning 'leg-garment'. The word originally referred to loose trousers tied around the waist. The worldwide use of pajamas (the word and the garment) is the result of British presence in India in the 18th and 19th centuries, and British influence on the wider Western world during the Victorian era. Pajamas had been introduced to England as "lounging attire" as early as the 17th century, then known as ''mogul's breeches'' (Beaumont and Fletcher) but they soon fell out of fashion again. The word ''pajama'' (as '' pai jamahs'', ''Paee-jams'' and variants) is recorded in English use in the first half of the 19th century, but they only become a fashion in Britain and the Western world as a sleeping attire for men in the Victorian period, from about 1870.〔Lewis, Ivor. 1991. ''Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs: A Dictionary of Words of Anglo-India.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press. 266 pages. ISBN 0-19-564223-6. "They were introduced in England as lounging attire in the 17th century but soon went out of fashion. About 1870 they reappeared in the Western world as sleeping attire for men, after returning British colonials brought (them) back ...." Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 29, 2006, from: (Encyclopædia Britannica Online ).〕 ''Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases'' (1886) summarizes the state of usage at the time (s.v. "pyjammas"): 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pajamas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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