jamas

jamas pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of jarmas (“pajamas”).
   • 2024, Arthur Coburn, Murder in Concrete, page 4:

     They sang, "To hell with manners. Check out her jamas."
     The last thing I needed was teen-boy sex drivel. "Whoever you are, shut up!" I shouted.

From Javanese ꦗꦩꦱ꧀ (jamas, “to wash the hair”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒamas/
• Hyphenation: ja‧mas

jamas

1. to cleanse and sanctify

• “jamas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

jamas

1. romanization of ꦗꦩꦱ꧀

• IPA^(key): /ˈxamas/ [ˈxa.mas]
• Rhymes: -amas
• Syllabification: ja‧mas

jamas f pl

1. plural of jama