월요일

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 月曜日, from 月曜 (“moon”) + 日 (“day”), 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.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wʌ̹ɾjoiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [워료일]

Romanizations
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.”)

Usage notes

• In some cases, it pronounced as [월료일] (wollyoil).

See also

(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)}