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Pajamas
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<p>Pajamas or pyjamas (<a href="/facts/Commonwealth_English/FfHnv1CT">Commonwealth English</a>), sometimes colloquially shortened to PJs, jammies, jim-jams, or in South Asia, night suits, are several related types of <a href="/facts/Clothing/5J5RhkYY">clothing</a> worn as <a href="/facts/Nightwear/cVcSuSsS">nightwear</a> or while lounging. Pajamas are soft garments derived from the <a href="/facts/Indian_culture/GjHPLXPR">Indian</a> and <a href="/facts/Iranian_culture/3nU0YMQH">Iranian</a> bottom-wear, the <i>pyjamas</i>, which were adopted in the Western world as nightwear. </p>