일요일

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 日曜日, from 日曜 (“sun”) + 日 (“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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iɾjoiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [이료일]

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

Noun

일요일 • (iryoil) (hanja 日曜日)

1. Sunday
   • 2016, VOA Learning English > Trending Today: Puppy Bowl

     이번 주말은 일요일에 슈퍼볼이 있다.

     Ibeon jumareun iryoire syupeobori itda.

     This weekend is Super Bowl Sunday.

Synonyms

• 일요(日曜) (iryo)

See also

• 칠요일(七曜日) (chiryoil)

• days of the week: 요일(曜日) (yoil) (appendix): 일요일(日曜日) ("iryoil", as the first day of the week in South Korea) · 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", as the last day of the week in North Korea) ^[edit]