Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 日曜日, from 日曜 (sun) + (day), from Latin diēs Sōlis (sun's day), through Indian astrology in the fifth century as Sanskrit रविदिन (ravidina) (रवि (ravi, sun)) into Buddhist astrology in the eighth century as 日曜日.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?iryoil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?il'yoil
McCune–Reischauer?iryoil
Yale Romanization?il.yoil
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Proper noun

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일요일 (iryoil) (hanja 日曜日)

  1. Sunday

See also

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