PJ

See also: pj, pJ, and P. J.

Translingual

Symbol

PJ

1. (metrology) Symbol for petajoule, an SI unit of work or energy equal to 10¹⁵ joules.

English

Noun

PJ (plural PJs)

1. Abbreviation of pajama.
2. Abbreviation of Proto-Japonic.
3. Initialism of private jet.
4. (Malaysia) Initialism of Petaling Jaya, a town.
5. (India) Initialism of poor joke.
   • 1987, Sainik Samachar, volume 34, Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence, page 11:

     To share the secret with you, just in case you are not a Delhite, 'PJ' stands for, yes, "Poor Joke.'

   • 2018, Kishor Kunal, The Casted Minds: A Nation where Purity of Blood Matters‎^[1]:

     “No, I don't,” I replied and quickly asked, “so, where are you now?” “Here, in front of you,” she replied with a witty smile. “I meant what are you doing these days—your occupation?” I smiled innocently. A PJ (poor joke) indeed.

Anagrams

• J.P., JP

German

Noun

PJ n (strong, genitive PJ, plural PJ)

1. (medicine, education) Abbreviation of praktisches Jahr (“practical year”)
2. (economics) Abbreviation of Personenjahr (“man-year”)

   Coordinate terms: PM, PW, PT, PS

Declension

Declension of PJ [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	PJ	die	PJ
genitive	eines	des	PJ	der	PJ
dative	einem	dem	PJ	den	PJ
accusative	ein	das	PJ	die	PJ

Noun

PJ m (strong, genitive PJ, plural PJs)

1. (transport) (slang, pronounced by the English letter names) initialism of Privatjet

Declension

Declension of PJ [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	PJ	die	PJs
genitive	eines	des	PJ	der	PJs
dative	einem	dem	PJ	den	PJs
accusative	einen	den	PJ	die	PJs

Noun

PJ f (genitive PJ, plural PJen)

1. (education) Abbreviation of Projektstudie

Declension

Declension of PJ [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	PJ	die	PJen
genitive	einer	der	PJ	der	PJen
dative	einer	der	PJ	den	PJen
accusative	eine	die	PJ	die	PJen

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.d͡ʒe/

Noun

PJ (uncountable)

1. Initialism of penanggung jawab (“responsible, person in-charge”).

Japanese

Alternative spelling
PJT

Etymology

From English project.

Noun

PJ(プロジェクト) • (purojekuto) 

1. (product development) project

Malay

Noun

PJ

1. Initialism of pendidikan jasmani.

Proper noun

PJ

1. Initialism of Petaling Jaya.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpe ˈxota/ [ˌpe ˈxo.t̪a]

Proper noun

PJ m

1. (politics, Argentina) initialism of Partido Justicialista (“Justicialist Party”), an Argentine political party