सोमवार

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सोमवार (somavāra, “moon-day”)

Noun

सोमवार • (somavār) m

Monday

Synonyms

चन्द्रवार (candravār)

See also

(days of the week) सप्ताह के दिन (saptāh ke din); रविवार (ravivār) / इतवार (itvār), सोमवार (somvār), मंगलवार (maṅgalvār), बुधवार (budhvār), गुरूवार (gurūvār), शुक्रवार (śukravār), शनिवार (śanivār)

Sanskrit

Etymology

सोम (soma) +‎ वार (vāra)

Noun

सोमवार • (somavāra) ?

(literary) 'moon-day'
Monday

Descendants

Telugu: సోమవారము (sōmavāramu)

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1250

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