월요일

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[wʌ̹ɾjoiɭ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[워료일]
Revised Romanization? woryoil
Revised Romanization (translit.)? wol-yoil
McCune–Reischauer? wŏryoil
Yale Romanization? wel.yoil

Proper noun

월요일 • (woryoil) (hanja 月曜日)

  1. Monday

Synonyms

  • Abbreviation: 월 (月, wol, “Mon.”)

See also

(days of the week) 일주일의 일곱 요일 (ilju-il-ui ilgop yoil); 월요일 (woryoil), 화요일 (hwayoil), 수요일 (suyoil), 목요일 (mogyoil), 금요일 (geumyoil), 토요일 (toyoil), 일요일 (iryoil)

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