Names of the days of the week

Short description: List & origins of name of days of the week

Italian cameo bracelet representing the days of the week, corresponding to the planets as Roman gods: Diana as the Moon for Monday, Mars for Tuesday, Mercury for Wednesday, Jupiter for Thursday, Venus for Friday, Saturn for Saturday, and Apollo as the Sun for Sunday. Middle 19th century, Walters Art Museum Heptagram of the seven celestial bodies of the week

The names of the days of the week in many languages are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astrology, which were in turn named after contemporary deities, a system introduced by the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity. In some other languages, the days are named after corresponding deities of the regional culture, either beginning with Sunday or with Monday. In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week.

## Contents

* 1 Days named after planets
* 1.1 Greco-Roman tradition
* 1.1.1 Romance languages
* 1.1.2 Celtic languages
* 1.1.3 Adoptions from Romance
* 1.2 Germanic tradition
* 1.2.1 Adoptions from Germanic
* 1.3 Hindu tradition
* 1.3.1 In languages of Indian subcontinent
* 1.3.2 Southeast Asian languages
* 1.3.3 Northeast Asian languages
* 1.4 East Asian tradition
* 2 Numbered days of the week
* 2.1 Days numbered from Monday
* 2.2 Days numbered from Sunday
* 2.3 Days numbered from Saturday
* 3 Mixing of numbering and astronomy
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes
* 5.1 Sunday
* 5.2 Monday
* 5.3 Tuesday
* 5.4 Wednesday
* 5.5 Thursday
* 5.6 Friday
* 5.7 Saturday
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading

## Days named after planets

### Greco-Roman tradition

Between the 1st and 3rd centuries, the Roman Empire gradually replaced the eight-day Roman nundinal cycle with the seven-day week. The earliest evidence for this new system is a Pompeiian graffito referring to 6 February (viii idus Februarius) of the year AD 60 as dies solis ("Sunday").[1] Another early witness is a reference to a lost treatise by Plutarch, written in about AD 100, which addressed the question of: "Why are the days named after the planets reckoned in a different order from the 'actual' order?".[2] (The treatise is lost, but the answer to the question is known; see planetary hours).

The Ptolemaic system of planetary spheres asserts that the order of the heavenly bodies, from the farthest to the closest to the Earth is: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, or, objectively, the planets are ordered from slowest to fastest moving as they appear in the night sky.[3]

The days were named after the planets of Hellenistic astrology, in the order: Sun, Moon, Mars (Ares), Mercury (Hermes), Jupiter (Zeus), Venus (Aphrodite) and Saturn (Cronos).[4]

The seven-day week spread throughout the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity. By the 4th century, it was in wide use throughout the Empire, and it had also reached India and China.

The Greek and Latin names are as follows:

Day:
(see Irregularities) | Sunday
Sōl or Helios
(Sun) | Monday
Luna or Selene
(Moon)  | Tuesday
Mars or Ares
(Mars) | Wednesday
Mercurius or Hermes
(Mercury) | Thursday
Jove or Zeus
(Jupiter) | Friday
Venus or Aphrodite
(Venus)  | Saturday
Saturnus or Kronos
(Saturn)

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Greek | ἡμέρᾱ Ἡλίου
hēmérā Hēlíou | ἡμέρᾱ Σελήνης
hēmérā Selḗnēs | ἡμέρᾱ Ἄρεως
hēmérā Áreōs | ἡμέρᾱ Ἑρμοῦ
hēmérā Hermoû | ἡμέρᾱ Διός
hēmérā Diós | ἡμέρᾱ Ἀφροδῑ́της
hēmérā Aphrodī́tēs | ἡμέρᾱ Κρόνου
hēmérā Krónou
Latin | diēs Sōlis  | diēs Lūnae  | diēs Mārtis  | diēs Mercuriī  | diēs Iovis  | diēs Veneris  | diēs Saturnī

#### Romance languages

Except for modern Portuguese and Mirandese, the Romance languages preserved the Latin names, except for the names of Sunday, which was replaced by [dies] Dominicus (Dominica), i.e. "the Lord's Day" and of Saturday, which was named for the Sabbath. Modern Portuguese uses numbered weekdays, (see below) but retains 'Sábado' and 'Domingo' for weekends.[5]

Day:
(see Irregularities) | Sunday
Sōl (Sun) | Monday
Luna (Moon)  | Tuesday
Mars (Mars) | Wednesday
Mercurius (Mercury) | Thursday
Jove (Jupiter)  | Friday
Venus (Venus)  | Saturday
Saturnus (Saturn)

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Italian | domenica [☉1] | lunedì  | martedì  | mercoledì  | giovedì  | venerdì  | sabato [♄1]
Old Portuguese
(pre-6th century)  | domingo [☉1] | lues  | martes  | mércores  | joves  | vernes  | sábado [♄1]
Galician  | domingo [☉1] | luns  | martes  | mércores  | xoves  | venres  | sábado [♄1]
Spanish | domingo [☉1] | lunes  | martes  | miércoles  | jueves  | viernes  | sábado [♄1]
Romanian | duminică [☉1] | luni  | marți  | miercuri  | joi  | vineri  | sâmbătă [♄1]
French | dimanche [☉1] | lundi  | mardi  | mercredi  | jeudi  | vendredi  | samedi [♄1]
Occitan  | dimenge [☉1] | diluns  | dimars  | dimècres  | dijòus  | divendres  | dissabte [♄1]
Catalan | diumenge [☉1] | dilluns  | dimarts  | dimecres  | dijous  | divendres  | dissabte [♄1]
Asturian  | domingu [☉1] | llunes  | martes  | miércoles  | xueves  | vienres  | sábadu [♄1]
Lombard (Milanese)  | domenega [☉1] | lunedì  | martedì  | mercoldì  | giovedì  | venerdì  | sabet [♄1]
Lombard (Bresciano)  | duminica [☉1] | lunedé  | martedé  | mercoldé  | gioedé  | venerdé  | sabot [♄1]
Ligurian  | doménga [☉1] | lunedì  | mâtesdì  | mâcordì  | zéuggia  | venardì  | sàbbo [♄1]
Venetian  | domenega [☉1] | luni  | marti  | mèrcore  | zobia  | vénare  | sabo [♄1]
Friulian  | domenie [☉1] | lunis  | martars  | miercus  | joibe  | vinars  | sabide [♄1]
Neapolitan  | dummeneca [☉1] | lunnerì  | marterì  | miercurì  | gioverì  | viernarì  | sàbbatu [♄1]
Sardinian  | dominiga [☉1] | lunis  | martis  | mercuris  | iobia  | chenabura  | Sappadu [♄1]
Sicilian | dumínica [☉1] | luni  | marti  | mércuri  | juvi  | vénniri  | sábbatu [♄1]
Corsican  | dumenica  | luni  | marti  | màrcuri  | ghjovi  | vènnari  | sàbatu or sadorn

#### Celtic languages

Early Old Irish adopted the names from Latin, but introduced separate terms of Norse origin for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, then later supplanted these with terms relating to church fasting practices.

Day:
(see Irregularities) | Sunday
Sōl (Sun) | Monday
Luna (Moon)  | Tuesday
Mars (Mars) | Wednesday
Mercurius (Mercury) | Thursday
Iuppiter (Jupiter)  | Friday
Venus (Venus)  | Saturday
Saturnus (Saturn)

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Old Irish[6] | Diu[7] srol
Dies scrol[8] | Diu luna[9] | Diu mart[10] | Diu iath[11] | Diu eathamon[12] | Diu triach[13] | Diu saturn
Old Irish (later)  | Diu domnica | Diu luna | Diu mart | Diu cétaín [☿2] | Diu eter dib aínib [♃1] | Diu aíne [♀1] | Diu saturn
Irish | An Domhnach [☉1]
Dé Domhnaigh  | An Luan
Dé Luain  | An Mháirt
Dé Máirt  | An Chéadaoin [☿2]
Dé Céadaoin  | An Déardaoin [♃1]
Déardaoin  | An Aoine [♀1]
Dé hAoine  | An Satharn
Dé Sathairn
Scottish Gaelic  | Di-Dòmhnaich / Didòmhnaich [☉1] | Di-Luain / Diluain  | Di-Màirt / Dimàirt  | Di-Ciadain / Diciadain [☿2] | Di-Ardaoin / Diardaoin [♃1] | Di-hAoine / Dihaoine [♀1] | Di-Sàthairne / Disathairne
Welsh | dydd Sul  | dydd Llun  | dydd Mawrth  | dydd Mercher  | dydd Iau  | dydd Gwener  | dydd Sadwrn
Cornish | Dy' Sul  | Dy' Lun  | Dy' Meurth  | Dy' Mergher  | Dy' Yow  | Dy' Gwener  | Dy' Sadorn
Breton | Disul  | Dilun  | Dimeurzh  | Dimerc’her  | Diriaou  | Digwener  | Disadorn
Manx | Jedoonee [☉1] | Jelune  | Jemayrt  | Jecrean [☿2] | Jerdein [♃1] | Jeheiney [♀1] | Jesarn

#### Adoptions from Romance

Albanian adopted the Latin terms for Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, adopted translations of the Latin terms for Sunday and Monday, and kept native terms for Thursday and Friday. Other languages adopted the week together with the Latin (Romance) names for the days of the week in the colonial period. Some constructed languages also adopted the Latin terminology.

Day:
(see Irregularities) | Sunday
Sōl (Sun) | Monday
Luna (Moon)  | Tuesday
Mars (Mars) | Wednesday
Mercurius (Mercury) | Thursday
Iuppiter (Jupiter)  | Friday
Venus (Venus)  | Saturday
Saturnus (Saturn)

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Albanian | E diel  | E hënë  | E martë  | E mërkurë  | E enjte  | E premte  | E shtunë
Filipino | Linggó [☉1]
Domínggo in most other Philippine languages  | Lúnes  | Mártes  | Miyérkules  | Huwebes or colloquially Webes  | Biyernes  | Sábado [♄1]
Chamorro | Damenggo  | Lunes  | Mattes  | Metkoles  | Huebes  | Betnes  | Sabalu
Māori[14] | [Rā Tapu] [not celestially named] (rā + tapu = "holy day")  | Rāhina (rā + Māhina = day + Moon)  | Rātū (rā + Tūmatauenga = day + Mars)  | Rāapa (rā + Apārangi = day + Mercury)  | Rāpare (rā + Pareārau = day + Jupiter)  | Rāmere (rā + Mere = day + Venus)  | [Rā Horoi] [not celestially named] (rā + horoi = "washing day")
Interlingua | Dominica [☉1] | Lunedi  | Martedi  | Mercuridi  | Jovedi  | Venerdi  | Sabbato [♄1]
Ido  | Sundio  | Lundio  | Mardio  | Merkurdio  | Jovdio  | Venerdio  | Saturdio
Esperanto  | dimanĉo [☉1] | lundo  | mardo  | merkredo  | ĵaŭdo  | vendredo  | sabato [♄1]
Lingua Franca Nova | soldi  | lundi  | martedi  | mercurdi  | jovedi  | venerdi  | saturdi

### Germanic tradition

The Germanic peoples adapted the system introduced by the Romans by substituting the Germanic deities for the Roman ones (with the exception of Saturday) in a process known as interpretatio germanica. The date of the introduction of this system is not known exactly, but it must have happened later than AD 200 but before the introduction of Christianity during the 6th to 7th centuries, i.e., during the final phase or soon after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.[15] This period is later than the Common Germanic stage, but still during the phase of undifferentiated West Germanic. The names of the days of the week in North Germanic languages were not calqued from Latin directly, but taken from the West Germanic names.

* Sunday: Old English Sunnandæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning "sun's day". This is a translation of the Latin phrase dies Solis. English, like most of the Germanic languages, preserves the day's association with the sun. Many other European languages, including all of the Romance languages, have changed its name to the equivalent of "the Lord's day" (based on Ecclesiastical Latin dies Dominica). In both West Germanic and North Germanic mythology, the Sun is personified as Sunna/Sól.
* Monday: Old English Mōnandæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning "Moon's day". This is equivalent to the Latin name dies lunae. In North Germanic mythology, the Moon is personified as Máni.
* Tuesday: Old English Tīwesdæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning "Tiw's day". Tiw (Norse Týr) was a one-handed god associated with single combat and pledges in Norse mythology and also attested prominently in wider Germanic paganism. The name of the day is also related to the Latin name dies Martis, "Day of Mars".
* Wednesday: Old English Wōdnesdæg (Template:IPA-ang) meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden (known as Óðinn among the North Germanic peoples), and a prominent god of the Anglo-Saxons (and other Germanic peoples) in England until about the seventh century. It is also vaguely related to the Latin counterpart dies Mercurii, "Day of Mercury". The Icelandic Miðviku, German Mittwoch, Low German Middeweek and Finnish keskiviikko all mean mid-week.
* Thursday: Old English Þūnresdæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning 'Þunor's day'. Þunor means thunder or its personification, the Norse god known in Modern English as Thor. Similarly Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag ('thunder's day'), Finnish torstai, and Scandinavian Torsdag ('Thor's day'). Thor's day corresponds to Latin dies Iovis, "day of Jupiter".
* Friday: Old English Frīgedæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning the day of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Fríge. The Norse name for the planet Venus was Friggjarstjarna, 'Frigg's star'. It is based on the Latin dies Veneris, "Day of Venus".
* Saturday: named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many Olympians. Its original Anglo-Saxon rendering was Sæturnesdæg (Template:IPA-ang). In Latin, it was dies Saturni, "Day of Saturn". The Scandinavian Lørdag/Lördag deviates significantly as it has no reference to either the Norse or the Roman pantheon; it derives from old Norse laugardagr, literally "washing-day". The German Sonnabend (mainly used in northern and eastern Germany) and the Low German words Sünnavend mean "Sunday Eve", the German word Samstag (mainly used in southern and western Germany) derives from the name for Shabbat.

Day:
(see Irregularities) | Sunday
Sunna/Sól | Monday
Mona/Máni | Tuesday
Tiw/Tyr | Wednesday
Woden/Odin | Thursday
Thunor/Thor | Friday
Frige or Freya | Saturday
Saturn

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Proto-Germanic | *Sunnōniz dagaz  | *Mēniniz dagaz  | *Tīwas dagaz, *Þingsas dagaz [♂1] | *Wōdanas dagaz  | *Þunras dagaz  | *Frijjōz dagaz  | *Saturnas dagaz, *Laugōz dagaz [♄2]
Old English  | Sunnandæg  | Mōnandæg  | Tīwesdæg  | Wōdnesdæg  | Þunresdæg  | Frīgedæg  | Sæternesdæg
Old Saxon  | Sunnundag  | *Mānundag  | *Tiuwesdag, *Thingesdag [♂1] | Wōdanesdag  | *Thunaresdag  | Frīadag  | *Sunnunāƀand [♄3], *Satarnesdag
Old High German  | Sunnûntag  | Mânetag  | Zîestag  | Wuotanestag  | Donarestag  | Frîjatag  | Sunnûnâband [♄3], Sambaztag [♄1]
Middle Low German  | Sunnedag  | Manedag  | Dingesdag [♂1] | Wodenesdag  | Donersdag  | Vrīdag  | Sunnenavend [♄3], Satersdag
German | Sonntag  | Montag  | Dienstag [♂1], Ziestag (Alemannic German)  | Mittwoch [☿1] (older Wutenstag)  | Donnerstag  | Freitag  | Sonnabend [♄3], Samstag [♄1]
Yiddish  | Zuntik – זונטיק  | Montik – מאנטיק  | Dinstik – דינסטיק [♂1] | Mitvokh – מיטוואך [☿1] | Donershtik – דאנערשטיק  | Fraytik – פרײַטיק  | Shabbes – שבת [♄1]
Scots  | Saubath[♄1], Sunday  | Monanday  | Tysday  | Wadensday  | Fuirsday  | Friday  | Seturday
Dutch | zondag  | maandag  | dinsdag [♂1] | woensdag  | donderdag  | vrijdag  | zaterdag
Afrikaans | Sondag  | Maandag  | Dinsdag [♂1] | Woensdag  | Donderdag  | Vrydag  | Saterdag
Luxembourgish  | Sonndeg  | Méindeg  | Dënschdeg [♂1] | Mëttwoch [☿1] | Donneschdeg  | Freideg  | Samschdeg [♄1]
West Frisian  | Snein  | Moandei  | Tiisdei  | Woansdei  | Tongersdei  | Freed  | Sneon [♄3], Saterdei
Low Saxon  | Sünndag  | Maandag  | Dingsdag [♂1] | Middeweek [☿1], Goonsdag (rarely Woonsdag)  | Dünnerdag  | Freedag  | Sünnavend [♄3], Saterdag
Old Norse  | sunnudagr  | mánadagr  | tysdagr  | óðinsdagr  | þórsdagr  | frjádagr  | laugardagr [♄2], sunnunótt [♄3]
Faroese | sunnudagur  | mánadagur  | týsdagur  | mikudagur [☿1], ónsdagur (Suðuroy)  | hósdagur/
tórsdagur (Suðuroy)  | fríggjadagur  | leygardagur [♄2]
Icelandic | sunnudagur  | mánudagur  | þriðjudagur [♂3] | miðvikudagur [☿1] | fimmtudagur [♃3] | föstudagur [♀1] | laugardagur [♄2]
Norwegian Bokmål | søndag  | mandag  | tirsdag  | onsdag  | torsdag  | fredag  | lørdag [♄2]
Norwegian Nynorsk | sundag/søndag  | måndag  | tysdag  | onsdag  | torsdag  | fredag  | laurdag [♄2]
Danish | søndag  | mandag  | tirsdag  | onsdag  | torsdag  | fredag  | lørdag [♄2]
Swedish | söndag  | måndag  | tisdag  | onsdag  | torsdag  | fredag  | lördag [♄2]
Elfdalian  | sunndag  | mondag  | tisdag  | ųosdag  | tųosdag  | frjådag  | lovdag

#### Adoptions from Germanic

Day:
(see Irregularities) | Sunday
Sunna/Sól | Monday
Mona/Máni | Tuesday
Tiw/Tyr | Wednesday
Woden/Odin | Thursday
Thunor/Thor | Friday
Frige or Freya | Saturday
Saturn

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Finnish | sunnuntai  | maanantai  | tiistai  | keskiviikko [☿1] | torstai  | perjantai  | lauantai [♄2]
Estonian | pühapäev [☉2] | esmaspäev  | teisipäev  | kolmapäev  | neljapäev  | reede  | laupäev [♄2]
Maori (transliteration; translation)  | Wiki[☉8]; Rātapu  | Mane; Rāhina  | Tūrei; Rātū  | Wenerei; Rāapa  | Tāite; Rāpare  | Paraire; Rāmere  | Hāterei; Rāhoroi

### Hindu tradition

Further information: Unsolved:Navagraha

Hindu astrology uses the concept of days under the regency of a planet under the term vāsara, the days of the week being called āditya-, soma-, maṅgala-, budha-, guru-, śukra-, and śani-vāsara. śukrá is a name of Venus (regarded as a son of Bhṛgu); guru is here a title of Bṛhaspati, and hence of Jupiter; budha "Mercury" is regarded as a son of Soma, i.e. the Moon.[16] Knowledge of Greek astrology existed since about the 2nd century BC, but references to the vāsara occur somewhat later, during the Gupta period (Yājñavalkya Smṛti, c. 3rd to 5th century), i.e. at roughly the same period the system was introduced in the Roman Empire.[citation needed]

#### In languages of Indian subcontinent

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the Sun
(Surya, Āditya, Ravi, Bhānu) | Monday
the Moon
(Soma, Chandra, Indu) | Tuesday
Mars
(Mangala) | Wednesday
Mercury
(Budha) | Thursday
Jupiter
(Bṛhaspati, Guru) | Friday
Venus
(Shukra ) | Saturday
Saturn
(Shani)

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Assamese | দেওবাৰ/ৰবিবাৰ
Deubar/Robibar  | সোমবাৰ
Xombar  | মঙ্গলবাৰ
Monggolbar  | বুধবাৰ
Budhbar  | বৃহস্পতিবাৰ
Brihôshpotibar  | শুক্রবাৰ
Xukrobar  | শনিবাৰ
Xonibar
Balti  | Adeed
عدید | Tsandar
چَندار  | Angaru
انگارو  | Botu
بوتو  | Brespod
بریس پود  | Shugoru
شوگورو | Shingsher
شنگشر
Bengali | রবিবার/রোববার
Robibār/Rōbobār  | সোমবার
Shōmbār  | মঙ্গলবার
Monggolbār  | বুধবার
Budhbār  | বৃহস্পতিবার/বিশুধবার
Brihošpotibār/Bishudhbār  | শুক্রবার/জুমাবার
Shukrobār/Jumabār[♀4] | শনিবার
Shonibār
Bhojpuri  | एतवार
Aitwār  | सोमार
Somār  | मंगर
Mangar  | बुध
Budh  | बियफे
Bi'phey  | सुक्क
Sukk  | सनिच्चर
Sanichchar
Burushaski | Adit
ادیت | Chandoro
چندورؤ | Angaro
نگارو | Bodo
بوڈو  | Berayspat
بیرے سپاٹ | Shukuro
شوک ورؤ | Shemshayr
شیم شےر
Chitrali
(Khowar) | Yakshambey
یک شمبے | Doshambey
دو شمبے[☽4] | Seshambey
سہ شمبے | Charshambey
چار شمبے | Pachambey
پچھمبے  | Adina
آدینہ [♀3] | Shambey
شمبے
Gujarati | રવિવાર
Ravivār  | સોમવાર
Somvār  | મંગળવાર
Mangaḷvār  | બુધવાર
Budhvār  | ગુરૂવાર
Guruvār  | શુક્રવાર
Shukravār  | શનિવાર
Shanivār
Hindi  | रविवार
Ravivār  | सोमवार
Somavār  | मंगलवार
Mangalavār  | बुधवार
Budhavār  | गुरूवार
Guruvār  | शुक्रवार
Shukravār  | शनिवार
Shanivār
Hindko  | Atwaar
اتوار | Suwar
سؤ وار | Mungal
منگل | Bud
بدھ | Jumiraat
جمعرات | Jummah
جمعہ | Khali
خالي
Konkani | आयतार
Āytār  | सोमार
Somaar  | मंगळार
Mangaḷār  | बुधवार
Budhavār  | भीरेस्तार
Bhirestār  | शुक्रार
Shukrār  | शेनवार
Shenvār
Maldivian  | އާދީއްތަ
Aadheettha  | ހޯމަ
Homa  | އަންގާރަ
Angaara  | ބުދަ
Budha  | ބުރާސްފަތި
Buraasfathi  | ހުކުރު
Hukuru  | ހޮނިހިރު
Honihiru
Marathi | रविवार
Ravivār  | सोमवार
Somavār  | मंगळवार
Mangaḷavār  | बुधवार
Budhavār  | गुरूवार
Guruvār  | शुक्रवार
Shukravār  | शनिवार
Shanivār
Kashmiri | /aːtʰwaːr/
آتھوار  | /t͡səndɨrwaːr/

ژٔندٕروار

| /boːmwaːr/ or /bɔ̃waːr/

بوموار/ بۄنٛوار

| /bɔdwaːr/

بۄد وار

| /braswaːr/ or /brʲaswaːr/

برٛسوار/ برٛؠسوار

| /ʃokurwaːr/ or /jumaː/
شۆکُروار / جُمعہ  | /baʈɨwaːr/

بتٕہ وار

Kannada  | ಭಾನುವಾರ
Bhanu Vaara  | ಸೋಮವಾರ
Soma Vaara  | ಮಂಗಳವಾರ
Mangala Vaara  | ಬುಧವಾರ
Budha Vaara  | ಗುರುವಾರ
Guru Vaara  | ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ
Shukra Vaara  | ಶನಿವಾರ
Shani Vaara
Malayalam  | ഞായര്‍
Nhāyar  | തിങ്കള്‍
Tingal  | ചൊവ്വ
Chovva  | ബുധന്‍
Budhan  | വ്യാഴം
Vyāzham  | വെള്ളി
Velli  | ശനി
Shani
Nepali | आइतवार
Aaitabar  | सोमवार
Sombar  | मंगलवार
Mangalbar  | बुधवार
Budhabar  | बिहिवार
Bihibar  | शुक्रवार
Sukrabar  | शनिवार
Sanibar
Odia | ରବିବାର
Rabibār  | ସୋମବାର
Sombār  | ମଙ୍ଗଳବାର
Mangalbār  | ବୁଧବାର
Buddhbār  | ଗୁରୁବାର
Gurubār  | ଶୁକ୍ରବାର
Shukrabār  | ଶନିବାର
Shanibār
Pashto  | Etwar
اتوار | Gul
ګل | Nehi
نهه | Shoro
شورو | Ziarat
زيارت | Jumma
جمعه | Khali
خالي
Punjabi
(Gurmukhi) | ਐਤਵਾਰ
etvār  | ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
sōmvār  | ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ
mangalvār  | ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ
búdvār  | ਵੀਰਵਾਰ
vīrvār  | ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ
shukkarvār  | ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ
shaniccharvār
Rohingya | rooibar  | cómbar  | mongolbar  | buidbar  | bicíbbar  | cúkkurbar  | cónibar
Sanskrit  | भानुवासर
Bhānuvāsara  | इन्दुवासर
Induvāsara  | भौमवासर
Bhaumavāsara  | सौम्यवासर
Saumyavāsara  | गुरुवासर
Guruvāsara  | भृगुवासर
Bhṛguvāsara  | स्थिरवासर
Sthiravāsara
Shina  | Adit
ادیت | Tsunduro
تساند ورؤ | Ungaro
نگارو | Budo
بوڈو | Brespat
بیرے سپاٹ | Shukur
شوکر | Shimsher
شیم شےر
Sindhi | Aacheru
آچر | Soomaru
سومر | Angaro
انڱارو | Arbau
اربع | Kameesa
خميس | Jum'o
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Sylheti  | ꠞꠂꠛ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ
Roibbar  | ꠡꠝ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ
Shombar  | ꠝꠋꠉꠟ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ
Mongolbar  | ꠛꠥꠗ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ
Budhbar  | ꠛꠤꠡꠥꠗ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ
Bishudhbar  | ꠡꠥꠇ꠆ꠇꠥꠞ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ/ꠎꠥꠝ꠆ꠝꠣꠛꠣꠞ
Shukkurbar/Jummabar[♀4] | ꠡꠘꠤꠛꠣꠞ
Shonibar
Tamil | ஞாயிறு
Nyāyiru  | திங்கள்
Thingal  | செவ்வாய்
Chevvāi  | புதன்
Budhan  | வியாழன்
Viyāzhan  | வெள்ளி
Velli  | சனி
Sani
Telugu | ఆదివారం
Aadi Vāram  | సోమవారం
Soma Vāram  | మంగళవారం
Mangala Vāram  | బుధవారం
Budha Vāram  | గురువారం
Bestha/Guru/Lakshmi Vāram  | శుక్రవారం
Shukra Vāram  | శనివారం
Shani Vāram
Urdu | Itwār
اتوار | Pīr
پیر [☽4] | Mangal
منگل | Bodh
بدھ | Jumārāt
جمعرات | Jummah
جمعہ[♀4] | Heftah
ہفتہ [♄6]
Western Punjabi
(Shahmukhi) | Aitwār
اتوار | Pīr
پیر | Mangal
منگل | Budh
بدھ | Jumāy-rāt
جمعرات | Jummah
جمعہ | Hafta
ہفتہ

#### Southeast Asian languages

The Southeast Asian tradition also uses the Hindu names of the days of the week. Hindu astrology adopted the concept of days under the regency of a planet under the term vāra, the days of the week being called āditya-, soma-, maṅgala-, budha-, guru-, śukra-, and śani-vāra. śukrá is a name of Venus (regarded as a son of Bhṛgu); guru is here a title of Bṛhaspati, and hence of Jupiter; budha "Mercury" is regarded as a son of Soma, i.e. the Moon.[17]

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the Moon
(Soma, Chandra, Indu) | Tuesday
Mars
(Mangala) | Wednesday
Mercury
(Budha) | Thursday
Jupiter
(Bṛhaspati, Guru) | Friday
Venus
(Shukra) | Saturday
Saturn
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IPA: [ɪ̀ɰ̃ ɡà]
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IPA: [boʊʔ dəhú]
(Buddhahu)
(afternoon=new day)
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from Sans. śukra | Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.
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Khmer | ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ
[tŋaj ʔaːtɨt] | ថ្ងៃចន្ទ
[tŋaj can] | ថ្ងៃអង្គារ
[tŋaj ʔɑŋkiə] | ថ្ងៃពុធ
[tŋaj put] | ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បត្ណិ
[tŋaj prɔhoə̯h] | ថ្ងៃសុក្រ
[tŋaj sok] | ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍
[tŋaj saʋ]
Lao | ວັນອາທິດ
[wán ʔàːtʰīt] | ວັນຈັນ
[wán càn] | ວັນອັງຄານ
[wán ʔàŋkʰáːn] | ວັນພຸດ
[wán pʰūt] | ວັນພະຫັດ
[wán pʰāhát] | ວັນສຸກ
[wán súk] | ວັນເສົາ
[wán sǎu]
Cham | Adit  | Thôm  | Angar  | But  | jip  | Suk  | Thanưchăn
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Thai  | วันอาทิตย์
Wan Āthit  | วันจันทร์
Wan Chan  | วันอังคาร
Wan Angkhān  | วันพุธ
Wan Phut  | วันพฤหัสบดี
Wan Phruehatsabodi  | วันศุกร์
Wan Suk  | วันเสาร์
Wan Sao
Javanese | Raditya  | Soma  | Anggara  | Buda  | Respati  | Sukra  | Tumpek
Balinese | Redite  | Soma  | Anggara  | Buda  | Wrespati  | Sukra  | Saniscara
Toba Batak  | Artia  | Suma  | Anggara  | Muda  | Boraspati  | Singkora  | Samisara
Angkola-Mandailing Batak  | Arita  | Suma  | Anggara  | Muda  | Boraspati  | Sikkora  | Samisara
Simalungun Batak  | Aditia  | Suma  | Anggara  | Mudaha  | Boraspati  | Sihora  | Samisara
Karo Batak  | Aditia  | Suma  | Nggara  | Budaha  | Beraspati  | Cukra  | Belah Naik
Pakpak Batak  | Antia  | Suma  | Anggara  | Budaha/Muda  | Beraspati  | Cukerra  | Belah Naik

#### Northeast Asian languages

| Sunday
the Sun
(Aditya, Ravi) | Monday
the Moon
(Soma, Chandra, Indu) | Tuesday
Mars
(Mangala) | Wednesday
Mercury
(Budha) | Thursday
Jupiter
(Bṛhaspati, Guru) | Friday
Venus
(Shukra) | Saturday
Saturn
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Mongolian | адъяа
ad'yaa  | сумъяа
sum'yaa  | ангараг
angarag  | буд
bud  | бархабадь
barhabad'  | сугар
sugar  | санчир
sanchir
Kalmyk  | :xal:адъян өдр
ad'yan ödr  | :xal:сумъян өдр
sum'yan ödr  | :xal:мингъян өдр
ming'yan ödr  | :xal:будан өдр
budan ödr  | :xal:гуръян өдр
gur'yan ödr  | :xal:шикрян өдр
shikr'yan ödr  | :xal:шанун өдр
shanun ödr

### East Asian tradition

The East Asian naming system for the days of the week closely parallels that of the Latin system and is ordered after the "Seven Luminaries" (七曜 qī yào), which consists of the Sun, Moon and the five planets visible to the naked eye.

The Chinese had apparently adopted the seven-day week from the Hellenistic system by the 4th century, although by which route is not entirely clear. It was again transmitted to China in the 8th century by Manichaeans, via the country of Kang (a Central Asian polity near Samarkand).[18] The 4th-century date, according to the Cihai encyclopedia,Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. is due to a reference to Fan Ning (范寧/范宁), an astrologer of the Jin Dynasty. The renewed adoption from Manichaeans in the 8th century (Tang Dynasty) is documented with the writings of the Chinese Buddhist monk Yijing and the Ceylonese Buddhist monk Bu Kong.

The Chinese transliteration of the planetary system was soon brought to Japan by the Japanese monk Kobo Daishi; surviving diaries of the Japanese statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga show the seven-day system in use in Heian Period Japan as early as 1007. In Japan, the seven-day system was kept in use (for astrological purposes) until its promotion to a full-fledged (Western-style) calendrical basis during the Meiji era. In China, with the founding of the Republic of China in 1911, Monday through Saturday in China are now named after the luminaries implicitly with the numbers.

Pronunciations for Classical Chinese names are given in Standard Chinese.
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First Star – Sun (太陽星)  | Moon (月)
Second Star – Moon (太陰星)  | Mars (火星)
Third Star – Fire (熒惑星)  | Mercury (水星)
Fourth Star – Water (辰星)  | Jupiter (木星)
Fifth Star – Wood (歲星)  | Venus (金星)
Sixth Star – Metal or Gold (太白星)  | Saturn (土星)
Seventh Star – Earth or Soil (鎮星)
Classical Chinese  | 日曜日
Rìyàorì | 月曜日
Yuèyàorì | 火曜日
Huǒyàorì | 水曜日
Shuǐyàorì | 木曜日
Mùyàorì | 金曜日
Jīnyàorì | 土曜日
Tǔyàorì
Japanese | 日曜日
Nichiyōbi | 月曜日
Getsuyōbi | 火曜日
Kayōbi | 水曜日
Suiyōbi | 木曜日
Mokuyōbi | 金曜日
Kin'yōbi | 土曜日
Doyōbi
Korean | 일요일
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Ilyoil | 월요일
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Wolyoil | 화요일
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Hwayoil | 수요일
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Suyoil | 목요일
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Mogyoil | 금요일
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Geumyoil | 토요일
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Toyoil
Mongolian | наран өдөр naraŋ ödör | саран өдөр saraŋ ödör | гал өдөр gal ödör | усан өдөр usaŋ ödör | модон өдөр modoŋ ödör | төмөр өдөр, алтан өдөр tömör ödör, altaŋ ödör | шороон өдөр shorooŋ ödör
Mongolian
(Transliteration from Tibetan)  | ням
nyam | даваа
davaa | мягмар
myagmar | лхагва
lhagva | пүрэв
pürev | баасан
baasan | бямба
byamba
Tibetan | གཟའ་ཉི་མ།
(gza' nyi ma)
Nyima | གཟའ་ཟླ་བ།
(gza' zla wa)
Dawa | གཟའ་མིག་དམར།
(gza' mig dmar)
Mikmar | གཟའ་ལྷག་པ།
(gza' lhak pa)
Lhakpa | གཟའ་ཕུར་བུ།
(gza' phur bu)
Purbu | གཟའ་པ་སངས།
(gza' pa sangs)
Pasang | གཟའ་སྤེན་པ།
(gza' spen ba)
Penba

## Numbered days of the week

### Days numbered from Monday

The ISO prescribes Monday as the first day of the week with ISO-8601 for software date formats.

The Slavic, Baltic and Uralic languages (except Finnish and partially Estonian) adopted numbering but took Monday rather than Sunday as the "first day".[19] This convention is also found in some Austronesian languages whose speakers were converted to Christianity by European missionaries.[20]

In Slavic languages, some of the names correspond to numerals after Sunday: compare Russian vtornik (вторник) "Tuesday" and vtoroj (второй) "the second", chetverg (четверг) "Thursday" and chetvjortyj (четвёртый) "the fourth", pyatnitsa (пятница) "Friday" and pyatyj (пятый) "the fifth"; see also the Notes.

Day
Number From One | Monday
Day One | Tuesday
Day Two | Wednesday
Day Three | Thursday
Day Four | Friday
Day Five | Saturday
Day Six | Sunday
Day Seven

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Russian | понедельник
ponedel'nik [☽1] | вторник
vtornik | среда
sreda [☿1] | четверг
chetverg [♃4] | пятница
pyatnitsa [♀5] | суббота
subbota [♄1] | воскресенье
voskresen'ye [☉3]
Belarusian | панядзелак
panyadzelak [☽1] | аўторак
awtorak | серада
serada [☿1] | чацвер
chats'ver [♃4] | пятніца
pyatnitsa [♀5] | субота
subota [♄1] | нядзеля
nyadzelya [☉6]
Ukrainian | понедiлок
ponedilok [☽1] | вiвторок
vivtorok | середа
sereda [☿1] | четвер
chetver [♃4] | п'ятниця
p'yatnitsya [♀5] | субота
subota [♄1] | недiля
nedilya [☉6]
Bulgarian | понеделник
ponedelnik [☽1] | вторник
vtornik | сряда
sryada [☿1] | четвъртък
chetvărtăk [♃4] | петък
petăk [♀5] | събота
săbota [♄1] | неделя
nedelya [☉6]
Polish | poniedziałek [☽1] | wtorek  | środa [☿1] | czwartek [♃4] | piątek [♀5] | sobota [♄1] | niedziela [☉6]
Kashubian  | pòniedzôłk  | wtórk  | strzoda  | czwiôrtk  | piątk  | sobòta  | niedzela
Upper Sorbian  | póndźela [☽1] | wutora  | srjeda [☿1] | štwórtk [♃4] | pjatk [♀5] | sobota [♄1] | njedźela [☉6]
Slovak | pondelok [☽1] | utorok  | streda [☿1] | štvrtok [♃4] | piatok [♀5] | sobota [♄1] | nedeľa [☉6]
Czech | pondělí [☽1] | úterý  | středa [☿1] | čtvrtek [♃4] | pátek [♀5] | sobota [♄1] | neděle [☉6]
Slovene  | ponedeljek [☽1] | torek  | sreda [☿1] | četrtek [♃4] | petek [♀5] | sobota [♄1] | nedelja [☉6]
Bosnian  | ponedjeljak  | utorak  | srijeda  | četvrtak [♃4] | petak [♀5] | subota  | nedjelja
Croatian  | ponedjeljak [☽1] | utorak  | srijeda [☿1] | četvrtak [♃4] | petak [♀5] | subota [♄1] | nedjelja [☉6]
Serbian | понедељак
ponedeljak [☽1] | уторак
utorak | среда
sreda [☿1] | четвртак
četvrtak [♃4] | петак
petak [♀5] | субота
subota [♄1] | недеља
nedelja [☉6]
Macedonian | понеделник
ponedelnik [☽1] | вторник
vtornik | среда
sreda [☿1] | четврток
chetvrtok [♃4] | петок
petok [♀5] | сабота
sabota [♄1] | недела
nedela [☉6]
Interslavic | ponedělok [☽1] | vtorok  | srěda [☿1] | četvrtok [♃4] | petok [♀5] | subota [♄1] | nedělja [☉6]
Lithuanian | pirmadienis  | antradienis  | trečiadienis  | ketvirtadienis  | penktadienis [♀5] | šeštadienis  | sekmadienis
Latvian | pirmdiena  | otrdiena  | trešdiena  | ceturtdiena [♃4] | piektdiena [♀5] | sestdiena  | svētdiena
Hungarian | hétfő [☽3] | kedd [♂2] | szerda [☿1] Slavic | csütörtök [♃4] Slavic | péntek [♀5] Hellenic | szombat [♄1] Hebrew | vasárnap [☉5]
Estonian | esmaspäev  | teisipäev  | kolmapäev  | neljapäev  | reede  | laupäev  | pühapäev
Mongolian
(numerical)  | нэг дэх өдөр
neg dekh ödör | хоёр дахь өдөр
hoyor dahi ödör | гурав дахь өдөр
gurav dahi ödör | дөрөв дэх өдөр
döröv dekh ödör | тав дахь өдөр
tav dahi ödör | хагас сайн өдөр
hagas sayn ödör [♄7] | бүтэн сайн өдөр
büten sayn ödör [☉7]
Luo  | Wuok tich  | Tich ariyo  | Tich adek  | Tich ang'uen  | Tich abich  | Chieng' ngeso  | Juma pil
Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin)  | mande  | tunde  | trinde  | fonde  | fraide  | sarere  | sande
Apma (Vanuatu)  | ren bwaleh / mande[21] | ren karu  | ren katsil  | ren kavet  | ren kalim  | lesaare  | sande

In Standard Chinese, the week is referred to as the "Stellar Period" (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.) or "Cycle" (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.).

The modern Chinese names for the days of the week are based on a simple numerical sequence. The word for "week" is followed by a number indicating the day: "Monday" is literally the "Stellar Period One"/"Cycle One", i.e. the "First day of the Stellar Period/Cycle", etc. The exception is Sunday, where 日 (rì), "day" or "Sun", is used instead of a number.[22] A slightly informal and colloquial variant to 日 is 天 (tiān) "day", "sky" or "heaven".

Accordingly, the notational abbreviation of the days of the week uses the numbers, e.g. 一 for "M" or "Mon(.)", "Monday". Note that the abbreviation of Sunday uses exclusively 日 and not 天. Attempted usage of 天 as such will not be understood.

Colloquially, the week is also known as the "Prayer" (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.), with the names of the days of the week formed accordingly.

The following is a table of the Mandarin names of the days of the weeks. Note that standard Taiwan Mandarin pronounces 期 as qí, so 星期 is instead xīngqí. While all varieties of Mandarin may pronounce 星期 as xīngqi and 禮拜/礼拜 as lǐbai, the second syllable with the neutral tone, this is not reflected in the table either for legibility.

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Xīngqīyī | 星期二
Xīngqī'èr | 星期三
Xīngqīsān | 星期四
Xīngqīsì | 星期五
Xīngqīwǔ | 星期六
Xīngqīliù | 星期日 (or 星期天)
Xīngqīrì (or Xīngqītiān)

Zhōuyī | 週二
Zhōu'èr | 週三
Zhōusān | 週四
Zhōusì | 週五
Zhōuwǔ | 週六
Zhōuliù | 週日 (or rarely 週天)
Zhōurì (or Zhōutiān)
Standard Modern Chinese
(regional, informal, colloquial)  | 禮拜一
Lǐbàiyī | 禮拜二
Lǐbài'èr | 禮拜三
Lǐbàisān | 禮拜四
Lǐbàisì | 禮拜五
Lǐbàiwǔ | 禮拜六
Lǐbàiliù | 禮拜天 (or 禮拜日)
Lǐbàitiān (or Lǐbàirì)

### Days numbered from Sunday

Sunday comes first in order in calendars shown in the table below. In the Judeo-Christian or Abrahamic tradition, the first day of the week is Sunday. Biblical Sabbath (corresponding to Saturday), when God rested from six-day Creation, made the day following Sabbath the first day of the week (corresponding to Sunday). Seventh-day Sabbaths were sanctified for celebration and rest. After the week was adopted in early Christianity, Sunday remained the first day of the week, but also gradually displaced Saturday as the day of celebration and rest, being considered the Lord's Day.

Saint Martin of Dumio (c. 520–580), archbishop of Braga, decided not to call days by pagan gods and to use ecclesiastic terminology to designate them. While the custom of numbering the days of the week was mostly prevalent in the Eastern Church, Portuguese and Galician, due to Martin's influence, are the only Romance languages in which the names of the days come from numbers rather than planetary names.[23]

Icelandic is a special case within the Germanic languages, maintaining only the Sun and Moon (sunnudagur and mánudagur respectively), while dispensing with the names of the explicitly heathen gods in favour of a combination of numbered days and days whose names are linked to pious or domestic routine (föstudagur, "Fasting Day" and laugardagur, "Washing Day"). The "washing day" is also used in other North Germanic languages, but otherwise the names correspond to those of English.

Day
Number From One | Sunday
Day One | Monday
Day Two | Tuesday
Day Three | Wednesday
Day Four | Thursday
Day Five | Friday
Day Six | Saturday
Day Seven

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Icelandic | sunnudagur (Sun) | mánudagur (Moon) | þriðjudagur  | miðvikudagur [☿1] | fimmtudagur  | föstudagur [♀1] | laugardagur [♄2]
Faroese | sunnudagur  | mánadagur  | týsdagur  | mikudagur  | hósdagur  | fríggjadagur  | leygardagur
Hebrew | ראשון
rishon | שני
sheyni | שלישי
shlishi | רביעי
revi'i | חמישי
khamishi | שישי
shishi | שבת
Shabbat[♄1]
Ecclesiastical Latin  | Dominica [☉1] | feria secunda  | feria tertia  | feria quarta  | feria quinta  | feria sexta  | sabbatum [♄1]
Portuguese | domingo [☉1] | segunda-feira  | terça-feira  | quarta-feira  | quinta-feira  | sexta-feira  | sábado [♄1]
Galician  | domingo [☉1] | segunda feira  | terza feira
terceira feira  | corta feira
quarta feira  | quinta feira  | sexta feira  | sábado [♄1]
Mirandese  | demingo [☉1] | segunda-feira  | terça-feira  | quarta-feira  | quinta-feira  | sesta-feira  | sábado [♄1]
Tetum | loron-domingu  | loron-segunda  | loron-tersa  | loron-kuarta  | loron-kinta  | loron-sesta  | loron-sábadu
Greek | Κυριακή
Kyriakí [☉1] | Δευτέρα
Deftéra | Τρίτη
Tríti | Τετάρτη
Tetárti | Πέμπτη
Pémpti | Παρασκευή
Paraskeví [♀2] | Σάββατο
Sávato [♄1]
Georgian | კვირა k'vira  | ორშაბათი oršabati  | სამშაბათი samšabati  | ოთხშაბათი otxšabati  | ხუთშაბათი xutšabati  | პარასკევი p'arask'evi  | შაბათი šabati
Armenian | Կիրակի
Kiraki [☉1] | Երկուշաբթի
Yerkushabti | Երեքշաբթի
Yerekshabti | Չորեքշաբթի
Chorekshabti | Հինգշաբթի
Hingshabti | Ուրբաթ
Urbat | Շաբաթ
Shabat [♄1]
Vietnamese | chủ nhật/chúa nhật
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Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | (ngày) thứ ba
Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | (ngày) thứ tư
Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | (ngày) thứ năm
Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | (ngày) thứ sáu
Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. | (ngày) thứ bảy
Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.
Somali | Axad  | Isniin  | Talaado  | Arbaco  | Khamiis  | Jimco  | Sabti
Amharic  | እሑድ
əhud | ሰኞ
säñño (Next) | ማክሰኞ
maksäñño | ረቡዕ, ሮብ
räbu, rob | ሐሙስ
hamus | ዓርብ
arb (Sunset) | ቅዳሜ
ḳədame (First)
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(yawm) as-sabt [♄5]
Maltese | il-Ħadd  | it-Tnejn  | it-Tlieta  | l-Erbgħa  | il-Ħamis  | il-Ġimgħa [♀4] | is-Sibt [♄5]
Malay
(includes Indonesian)  | Ahad (general)
Minggu[☉1](Indonesian, derived from Portuguese) | Isnin or Senin  | Selasa  | Rabu  | K(h)amis  | Juma(a)t [♀4] | Sabtu [♄5]
Javanese | Ngahad, Ngakad,
Minggu[☉1] (Portuguese) | Senèn  | Selasa  | Rebo  | Kemis  | Jemuwah [♀4] | Setu [♄5]
Sundanese | Minggu / Minggon [☉1] (Portuguese) | Senén  | Salasa  | Rebo  | Kemis  | Jumaah [♀4] | Saptu [♄5]
Persian | یکشنبه
yekšanbe
Mehr ruz
مهرروز  | دوشنبه
došanbe
Māh ruz
ماه روز  | سه شنبه
sešanbe
Bahrām ruz
بهرام روز  | چهارشنبه
čāhāršanbe
Tir ruz
تیر روز  | پنجشنبه
panjšanbe
Hormazd ruz
هرمزد روز  | آدینه or جمعه
ādine [♀3] or djome [♀4]
Nāhid ruz
ناهید روز  | شنبه
šanbe
Keyvān ruz
کیوان روز
Kazakh | Жексенбі
Jeksenbi | Дүйсенбі
Dúısenbi | Сейсенбі
Seısenbi | Сәрсенбі
Sársenbi | Бейсенбі
Beısenbi | Жұма
Juma | Сенбі
Senbi
Khowar  | یک شمبے
yak shambey | دو شمبے[☽4]
du shambey | سہ شمبے
sey shambey | چار شمبے
char shambey | پچھمبے
pachhambey | آدینہ[♀3]
adina | شمبے
shambey
Kurdish  | Yekşem  | Duşem  | Sêşem  | Çarşem  | Pêncşem  | În  | Şemî
Old Turkic | birinç kün  | ikinç kün  | üçünç kün  | törtinç kün  | beşinç kün  | altınç kün  | yetinç kün
Turkish | Pazar [☉4] | Pazartesi [☽2] | Salı [♂4] | Çarşamba [☿4] | Perşembe [♃4] | Cuma [♀4] | Cumartesi [♄4]
Uzbek | Yakshanba  | Dushanba  | Seshanba  | Chorshanba  | Payshanba  | Juma  | Shanba
Navajo | Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. [☉1] (Spanish) | Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.
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[upon] sunrise [it is] Sunday

### Days numbered from Saturday

In Swahili, the day begins at sunrise, unlike in the Arabic and Hebrew calendars where the day starts at sunset (therefore an offset of twelve hours), and unlike in the Western world where the day starts at midnight (therefore an offset of six hours). Saturday is therefore the first day of the week, as it is the day that includes the first night of the week in Arabic.

Etymologically speaking, Swahili has two "fifth" days. The words for Saturday through Wednesday contain the Bantu-derived Swahili words for "one" through "five". The word for Thursday, Alhamisi, is of Arabic origin and means "the fifth" (day). The word for Friday, Ijumaa, is also Arabic and means (day of) "gathering" for the Friday noon prayers in Islam.

Day
Number from One | Saturday
Day One | Sunday
Day Two | Monday
Day Three | Tuesday
Day Four | Wednesday
Day Five | Thursday
Day Six | Friday
Day Seven

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## Mixing of numbering and astronomy

In the Žejane dialect of Istro-Romanian, lur (Monday) and virer (Friday) follow the Latin convention, while utorek (Tuesday), sredu (Wednesday), and četrtok (Thursday) follow the Slavic convention.[25]

Day  | Monday  | Tuesday  | Wednesday  | Thursday | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

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There are several systems in the different Basque dialects.[26]

Day  | Monday  | Tuesday  | Wednesday  | Thursday | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

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Standard Basque, Guipuscoan Basque  | astelehena ("week-first")  | asteartea ("week-between")  | asteazkena ("week-last")  | osteguna ("Ortzi/Sky day")  | ostirala (see Ortzi)  | larunbata ("fourth", "meeting of friends"), neskenegun ("girls' day")  | igandea
Biscayne Basque  | astelena ("week-first"), ilen ("Moon day")  | martitzena ("Mars day")  | eguaztena ("day last")  | eguena ("day of days", "day of light")  | barikua ("day without supper"), egubakotx  | zapatua (compare with Spanish sábado from Sabbath)  | domeka (from Latin Dominica [dies])

In Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino), which is mainly based on a medieval version of Spanish, the five days of Monday–Friday closely follow the Spanish names. Sunday uses the Arabic name, which is based on numbering, because a Jewish language was not likely to adapt a name based on "Lord's Day" for Sunday. As in Spanish, the Ladino name for Saturday is based on Sabbath. However, as a Jewish language—and with Saturday being the actual day of rest in the Jewish community—Ladino directly adapted the Hebrew name, Shabbat.[27]

Day  | Sunday  | Monday  | Tuesday  | Wednesday  | Thursday | Friday  | Saturday

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Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino) | Alhadh  | Lunes  | Martes  | Miércoles  | Juğeves  | Viernes  | Shabat [♄1]

The days of the week in the Bishnupriya Manipuri and Meitei languages originate from the Sanamahi creation myth.[28] [29] [30] [31]

| Sunday
the Hill  | Monday
King's Climb  | Tuesday
Earth's Birth  | Wednesday
Houses Built  | Thursday
Horses Rode  | Friday
Blood Flood  | Saturday
Swords Washed

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Bishnupriya Manipuri | Lamboishing  | Ninthoapa  | Leipakpa  | Imsha Imsha  | Shakolsher  | Erei  | Thanksha
Meitei | Nongmaiching/Langmaiching  | Ningthoukaba
| Leibakpokpa
| Yumsakeisa
| Sagonsen
| Eerai
| Thangcha

## See also

* Akan names of the seven-day week, known as Nawotwe
* Bahá'í calendar (section Weekdays)
* Calculating the day of the week
* Week
* Work Week
* Feria

## Notes

### Sunday

☉1 From Latin Dominicus (Dominica) or Greek Κυριακή ])
☉2 Holy Day and First-Day of the Week (Day of the Sun -> Light -> Resurrection -> Born again) (Christianity)
☉3 Resurrection (Christianity)
☉4 Bazaar Day
☉5 Market Day
☉6 No Work
☉7 Full good day
☉8 Borrowed from English week
☉9 From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin.

### Monday

☽1 After No Work. In Russian also "Day After Week(end)" – see понедельник
☽2 After Bazaar
☽3 Head of Week
☽4 Master (as in Pir, because Muhammad was born on a Monday )
☽5 From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin.

### Tuesday

♂1 Thing (Assembly), of which god Tyr/Ziu was the patron.
♂2 Second day of the week (cf. Hungarian kettő "two")
♂3 Third day of the week.
♂4 From Arabic "ath-Thalaathaaʼ" (third day)

### Wednesday

☿1 Mid-week or Middle
☿2 The First Fast (Christianity)

### Thursday

♃1 The day between two fasts (An Dé idir dhá aoin, contracted to An Déardaoin) (Christianity)
♃2 Five (Arabic)
♃3 Fifth day of the week.
♃4 Fourth day of the week.

### Friday

♀1 The Fast (Celtic) or Fasting Day (Icelandic) (Christianity)
♀2 Good Friday or Preparation (Christianity)
♀3 Jumu'ah (Muslim Sabbath)
♀4 Gathering/Assembly/Meeting (Islam) – in Malta with no Islamic connotations
♀5 Fifth day of the week

### Saturday

♄1 Shabbat (Jewish and Christian Sabbath)
♄2 Wash or Bath day
♄3 Sun-eve (Eve of Sunday)
♄4 After the Gathering (Islam)
♄5 End of the Week (Arabic Sabt = Rest)
♄6 Week
♄7 Half good day

## References

1. ↑ Nerone Caesare Augusto Cosso Lentuol Cossil fil. Cos. VIII idus Febr(u)arius dies solis, luna XIIIIX nun(dinae) Cumis, V (idus Februarias) nun(dinae) Pompeis. Robert Hannah, "Time in Written Spaces", in: Peter Keegan, Gareth Sears, Ray Laurence (eds.), Written Space in the Latin West, 200 BC to AD 300, A&C Black, 2013, p. 89.
2. ↑ E. G. Richards, Mapping Time, the Calendar and History, Oxford 1999. p. 269
3. ↑ Falk, Michael (19 March 1999). "Astronomical names for the days of the week". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 93 (1999–06): 122–133. Bibcode: 1999JRASC..93..122F.
4. ↑ "Days of the Week Meaning and Origin". http://astrologyclub.org/days-week-meaning-origin/. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
5. ↑ http://www.learn-portuguese-with-rafa.com/days-of-the-week-in-portuguese.html
6. ↑ replacing a system of n "one-, three-, five-, ten-, or fifteen-day periods" (>Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, 2003, p. 7). MS. 17 (now held at St. John's College, Oxford), dating at least from 1043, records five-week-day lists, which it names as follows: secundum Hebreos (according to the Hebrews); secundum antiquos gentiles (according to the ancient gentiles, i.e., Romans); secundum Siluestrum papam (according to Pope Sylvester I, i.e., a list derived from the apocryphal Acta Syluestri); secundum Anglos (according to the English); secundum Scottos (according to the Irish).
7. ↑ "we have a clear reflex of the Indo-European nominative singular, with a lengthened grade, giving archaic Old Irish diu; it is suggested that what we have in the Oxford list and in Cormac's Glossary is the oldest form of Old Irish dia, representing the old nominative case of the noun in adverbial usage." Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, 2003, p. 12
8. ↑ The word scrol is glossed in Sanas Cormaic as Scroll .i. soillsi, unde est aput Scottos diu srol.i. dies solis "Srcoll, that is brightness, whence 'diu srol' among the Irish, that is Sunday".
9. ↑ Ó Cróinín has Diu luna as "represent[ing] the transitional form between Latin dies lunae and the later, Classical Old Irish dia luain ... a translation of, not a calque on, the Latin ... [It] would seem to reflect a pre-assimilation state in respect of both words," Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, 2003, p. 13
10. ↑ "The Irish word perhaps derives from Latin forms where cases other than the genitive were used, e.g., Marte."Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, 2003, p. 15
11. ↑ A form unique to Irish, meaning uncertain. A "very old" word for Wednesday, Mercúir (borrowed from the Latin (dies) Mercurii), does occur in early Leinster poems but Ó Cróinín is of the belief that Diu eathamon "reflects a still older Irish word for 'Wednesday.'"
12. ↑ A form unique to Irish. Ó Cróinín writes, "I suggest that it means simply 'on Thursday' ... it is temporal dat. of an n-stem (nom. sg. etham, gen. sg. ethamon – as in our Oxford list – and acc./dat. sg. ethamain)." (2003, p. 17) He furthermore suggests that etham ('arable land') "may be a noun of agency from ith (gen. sg. etho), with a meaning like corn-maker or some such thing; Diu eathamon might then be a day for sowing seed in a weekly regimen of activities such as we find in Críth Gablach." Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, 2003, p. 17\. The form Ethomuin is found in Rawlinson B 502.
13. ↑ A form unique to Irish, its meaning unclear.
14. ↑ [1] " Māori Language Commission names for the days of the week" on Te Kete Ipurangi website, viewed 7 December 2017
15. ↑ Grimm, Jacob (2004). Teutonic Mythology. Courier Corporation. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-0-486-43546-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=I2WhHX2peKEC&pg=PA123.
16. ↑ Monier-Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), s.v. vāsara.
17. ↑ Monier-Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), s.v. vāra.
18. ↑ The Chinese encyclopaedia Cihai (辞海) under the entry for "seven luminaries calendar" (七曜历/七曜曆, qī yào lì) has: "method of recording days according to the seven luminaries [七曜 qī yào]. China normally observes the following order: Sun, Mon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. Seven days make one week, which is repeated in a cycle. Originated in ancient Babylon (or ancient Egypt according to one theory). Used by the Romans at the time of the 1st century AD, later transmitted to other countries. This method existed in China in the 4th century. It was also transmitted to China by Manichaeans in the 8th century from the country of Kang (康) in Central Asia" (translation after Bathrobe's Days of the Week in Chinese, Japanese & Vietnamese, plus Mongolian and Buryat (cjvlang.com)
19. ↑ Falk, Michael (19 March 1999). "Astronomical names for the days of the week". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 93 (1999–06): 122–133. doi:10.1016/j.newast.2003.07.002. Bibcode: 1999JRASC..93..122F.
20. ↑ Gray, 2012. The Languages of Pentecost Island.
21. ↑ Ren is "day". Numbered weekdays are used for Tuesday-Friday and sometimes Monday; the names for Saturday and Sunday come from English.
22. ↑ "Days of the Week in Chinese: Three Different Words for 'Week'". http://www.cjvlang.com/Dow/dowchin.html. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
23. ↑ Richard A. Fletcher (1999). The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity. University of California Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-520-21859-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=RB5aWgr7l-gC&pg=PA257. McKenna, Stephen (1938). "Pagan Survivals in Galicia in the Sixth Century". Paganism and Pagan Survivals in Spain Up to the Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom. Catholic University of America. pp. 93–94. http://libro.uca.edu/mckenna/paganism.htm. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
24. ↑ "Swahili days, months, dates". Archived from the original on 9 August 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070809075823/http://mwanasimba.online.fr/E_Chap24.htm.
25. ↑ [2]
26. ↑ Astronomy and Basque Language, Henrike Knörr, Oxford VI and SEAC 99 "Astronomy and Cultural Diversity", La Laguna, June 1999. It references Alessandro Bausani, 1982, The prehistoric Basque week of three days: archaeoastronomical notes, The Bulletin of the Center for Archaeoastronomy (Maryland), v. 2, 16–22.
27. ↑ See the image in Anthony, Charlotte. "Rushing to preserve Ladino legacies". http://www.crescentcityjewishnews.com/rushing-to-preserve-ladino-legacies/. Retrieved 31 May 2016. The Ladino names are in the right-hand column, written in Hebrew characters.
28. ↑ Wakoklon Heelel Thilel Salai Amai Eelon Pukok PuYa
29. ↑ Wachetlon Pathup PuYa
30. ↑ Kham Oi Yang Oi Sekning PuYa
31. ↑ Nunglekpam, Premi Devi (2018-05-25). Short Essays on Women and Society: Manipuri Women through the Century. FSP Media Publications. https://books.google.com/?id=1xBdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT40&lpg=PT40&dq=Meetei+according+to+wangkhemcha+chingtamlen#v=onepage&q=Meetei according to wangkhemcha chingtamlen&f=false.

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## Further reading

* Brown, Cecil H. (1989). "Naming the days of the week: A cross-language study of lexical acculturation". Current Anthropology 30 (4): 536–550. doi:10.1086/203782.
* Falk, Michael (1999). "Astronomical Names for the Days of the Week". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 93: 122–133. doi:10.1016/j.newast.2003.07.002. Bibcode: 1999JRASC..93..122F.
* Neugebauer, Otto (1979). Ethiopic astronomy and computus, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, philosophisch-historische klasse, sitzungsberichte, 347 (Vienna)

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