Did you know the word pajama is Persian?
Pajama
from Urdu/Hindi पैजामा paajaama, from Persian پايجامه pāë (pāÿ) jāmah, from pAy (="leg") + jAma (="garment"). of, pertaining to, or resembling pajamas: a pajama top; a lounging outfit with pajama pants
from Urdu/Hindi पैजामा paajaama, from Persian پايجامه pāë (pāÿ) jāmah, from pAy (="leg") + jAma (="garment"). of, pertaining to, or resembling pajamas: a pajama top; a lounging outfit with pajama pants
Listed just below is the origin of 'paradise,' a direct result of the cultural connection of the ancient Greeks and Persians:
Paradise
Paradise
via French: "paradis" and Latin: "paradisus," from Greek paradeisos (παράδεισος) (=enclosed park"), from the Avestan word pairidaeza (a walled enclosure), which is a compound of pairi- (around), a cognate of the Greek περί peri, and -diz (to create, make), a cognate of the English dough. An associated word is the Sanskrit word paradesha which literally means supreme country.
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