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Notice that pyjama in pyjama party or pyjama top is being used as an adjective to describe the party or top, rather than as a noun in its own right. Adjectives in English not having singular and plural forms, the s is dropped.
As to whether its etymon had an s or not, perhaps Avy can help.
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