Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 月曜日, from 月曜 (moon) + (day), from Latin dies lunae (moon's day), through Indian astrology in the fifth century as Sanskrit सोमाह (somāha, of the moon) into Buddhist astrology in the eighth century as 月曜日.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?woryoil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wol'yoil
McCune–Reischauer?wŏryoil
Yale Romanization?wel.yoil

Proper noun

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월요일 (woryoil) (hanja 月曜日)

  1. Monday

See also

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(days of the week) 요일(曜日) (yoil); 월요일(月曜日) (woryoil), 화요일(火曜日) (hwayoil), 수요일(水曜日) (suyoil), 목요일(木曜日) (mogyoil), 금요일(金曜日) (geumyoil), 토요일(土曜日) (toyoil), 일요일(日曜日) (iryoil) (Category: ko:Days of the week)