토요일

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 土曜日, from 土曜 (“Saturn”) + 日 (“day”), from Latin dies Saturni (“day of Saturn”), through Indian astrology in the fifth century as Sanskrit śanivāra (śani, “of the planet Saturn”) into Buddhist astrology in the eighth century as 土曜日.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰo̞joiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [토요일]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	toyoil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	toyoil
McCune–Reischauer?	t'oyoil
Yale Romanization?	tho.yoil

Proper noun

토요일 • (toyoil) (hanja 土曜日)

1. Saturday

Synonyms

• abbreviation: 토 (土, to, “Sat.”)

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)}