सोमवार

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *sówh₁-mo-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas

Sanskrit सोम (soma)

Sanskrit वर (vara)der.?

Sanskrit वार (vāra)

Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Σελήνης (hēméra Selḗnēs)calq.

Sanskrit सोमवार (somavāra)bor.

Hindi सोमवार

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सोमवार (somavāra, “moon-day”). Cognate with Marathi सोमवार (somvār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /soːm.ʋɑːɾ/, [sõːm.wäːɾ]

Noun

सोमवार • (somvār) m (Urdu spelling سوموار)

1. Monday

   Synonyms: सोम (som), चंद्रवार (candravār), पीर (pīr)

Declension

Declension of सोमवार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सोमवार somvār	सोमवार somvār
oblique	सोमवार somvār	सोमवारों somvārõ
vocative	सोमवार somvār	सोमवारो somvāro

See also

• days of the week: सप्ताह के दिन (saptāh ke din) (appendix): रविवार (ravivār)/इतवार (itvār) · सोमवार (somvār) · मंगलवार (maṅgalvār) · बुधवार (budhvār) · गुरुवार (guruvār)/बृहस्पतिवार (bŕhaspativār) · शुक्रवार (śukravār) · शनिवार (śanivār) ^[edit]

Days of the week in Hindi · सप्ताह के दिन (saptāh ke din) (layout · text)
सोमवार (somvār)	मंगलवार (maṅgalvār)	बुधवार (budhvār)	गुरुवार (guruvār) बृहस्पतिवार (bŕhaspativār)	शुक्रवार (śukravār)	शनिवार (śanivār)	रविवार (ravivār) इतवार (itvār)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “सोमवार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5305
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “सोमवार”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 834
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “सोमवार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 677.

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सोमवार (somavāra). Cognate with Hindi सोमवार (somvār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /som.ʋaɾ/

Noun

सोमवार • (somvār) m

1. Monday

   सोमवार आठवड्यातला पहिला वार आहे.

   somvār āṭhvaḍyātlā pahilā vār āhe.

   Monday is the first day of the week.

See also

Days of the week in Marathi · आठवड्याचे वार (āṭhvaḍyāce vār) (layout · text)
सोमवार (somvār)	मंगळवार (maṅgaḷvār)	बुधवार (budhvār)	गुरुवार (guruvār)	शुक्रवार (śukravār)	शनिवार (śanivār)	रविवार (ravivār)

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “सोमवार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Noun

सोमवार • (somwār)

1. alternative spelling of सोमबार (sombār)

Declension

Declension of सोमवार
	Singular	Plural
nominative	सोमवार [somʌwär]	सोमवारहरू [somʌbärɦʌɾu]
accusative/dative	सोमवारलाई [somʌwärläi]	सोमवारहरूलाई [somʌbärɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	सोमवारले [somʌwärle]	सोमवारहरूले [somʌbärɦʌɾule]
ablative	सोमवारबाट [somʌbärbäʈʌ]	सोमवारहरूबाट [somʌbärɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	सोमवारको [somʌwärko]	सोमवारहरूको [somʌbärɦʌɾuko]
locative	सोमवारमा [somʌwärmä]	सोमवारहरूमा [somʌbärɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “सोमवार”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সোমৱাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᭀᬫᬯᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• সোমবার (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰺𑰦𑰪𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁄𑀫𑀯𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သောမဝါရ (Burmese script)
• સોમવાર (Gujarati script)
• ਸੋਮਵਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍋𑌮𑌵𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦺꦴꦩꦮꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂷𑂧𑂫𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೋಮವಾರ (Kannada script)
• សោមវារ (Khmer script)
• ໂສມວາຣ (Lao script)
• സോമവാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠣᠮᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘻𑘦𑘪𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠣᠸᠠᠮᠠᠸᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧜𑧆𑧊𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑀𑐩𑐰𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସୋମଵାର (Odia script)
• ꢱꣂꢪꢮꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆾𑆩𑆮𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖺𑖦𑖪𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• සොමවාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩕𑩴𑩾𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚴𑚢𑚦𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸோமவார (Tamil script)
• సోమవార (Telugu script)
• โสมวาร (Thai script)
• སོ་མ་ཝཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒼𑒧𑒫𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨆𑨢𑨭𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *sówh₁-mo-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas

Sanskrit सोम (soma)

Sanskrit वर (vara)der.?

Sanskrit वार (vāra)

Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Σελήνης (hēméra Selḗnēs)calq.

Sanskrit सोमवार

From सोम (soma) + वार (vāra). Calque of Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Σελήνης (hēméra Selḗnēs). Compare also Latin diēs Lūnae and Old English mōnandæġ (whence English Monday). The association of the seven week days with the seven classical planets is first attested in the Gupta period.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪oː.mɐ.ʋɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

सोमवार • (somavāra) stem, m (Later Sanskrit, New Sanskrit)

1. Monday

   Synonyms: चान्द्र (cāndra), चन्द्रवार (candravāra)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सोमवार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सोमवारः (somavāraḥ)	सोमवारौ (somavārau)	सोमवाराः (somavārāḥ)
accusative	सोमवारम् (somavāram)	सोमवारौ (somavārau)	सोमवारान् (somavārān)
instrumental	सोमवारेण (somavāreṇa)	सोमवाराभ्याम् (somavārābhyām)	सोमवारैः (somavāraiḥ)
dative	सोमवाराय (somavārāya)	सोमवाराभ्याम् (somavārābhyām)	सोमवारेभ्यः (somavārebhyaḥ)
ablative	सोमवारात् (somavārāt)	सोमवाराभ्याम् (somavārābhyām)	सोमवारेभ्यः (somavārebhyaḥ)
genitive	सोमवारस्य (somavārasya)	सोमवारयोः (somavārayoḥ)	सोमवाराणाम् (somavārāṇām)
locative	सोमवारे (somavāre)	सोमवारयोः (somavārayoḥ)	सोमवारेषु (somavāreṣu)
vocative	सोमवार (somavāra)	सोमवारौ (somavārau)	सोमवाराः (somavārāḥ)

Descendants

• → Assamese: সোমবাৰ (xümbar)
• → Bengali: সোমবার (śōmbar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सोमवार (somvār)

  Urdu: سوموار (somvār, “somvār, sumávār”)

• → Kannada: ಸೋಮವಾರ (sōmavāra)
• → Marathi: सोमवार (somvār)
• → Tamil: சோமவாரம் (cōmavāram)
• → Tamil: திங்கட்கிழமை (tiṅkaṭkiḻamai) (calque)
• → Telugu: సోమవారము (sōmavāramu)

See also

• days of the week (appendix): रविवार (ravivāra) · सोमवार (somavāra) · मङ्गलवार (maṅgalavāra)/भौमवार (bhaumavāra) · बुधवार (budhavāra)/सौम्यवार (saumyavāra) · गुरुवार (guruvāra)/बृहस्पतिवार (bṛhaspativāra) · शुक्रवार (śukravāra)/भृगुवार (bhṛguvāra) · शनिवार (śanivāra) ^[edit]

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “सोमवार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1250, column 3.