Monday
The Monday is the first day of the week according to internationally standardized counting ( ISO 8601 / DIN 1355 since 1976; previously: Sunday ), according to Abrahamic (Jewish-Christian-Muslim) Count the second.
The name is a loan translation from the Latin Dies Lunae 'day of the [moon goddess] Luna ' .
| language | designation | meaning | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latin | this lunae | Day of the moon | literal translation |
| Albanian | E hënë | Day of the moon | literal translation |
| Italian | lunedì | Day of the moon | literal translation |
| Icelandic | manudagur | Day of the moon | literal translation |
| Catalan | dilluns | Day of the moon | literal translation |
| Spanish | lunes | (Day) of the moon | literal translation |
| French | lundi | Day of the moon | literal translation |
| Esperanto | lundo | Day of the moon | from the Romance languages |
| Bengali | সোমবার | Day of the moon god (Soma) | literal translation |
| Old High German | mānetag | Moon day | literal translation |
| German | Monday | Moon day | literal translation |
| English | Monday | Moon day | literal translation |
| Hungarian | hétfő | Head of seven (= week) | Beginning of the week |
| Lithuanian | pirmadienis | first day | literal translation |
| Estonian | esmaspäev | first day | literal translation |
| Russian | Понедельник Ponedel'nik |
after the week (= old Sunday) | literal translation |
| Polish | Poniedziałek | after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Kashubian | Pòniedzôłk | after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Croatian | Ponedjeljak | after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Bulgarian | Понеделник Ponedelnik |
after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Ukrainian | Понеділок Ponedilnok |
after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Czech | pondělí | after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is neutral |
| Serbian | Понедељак / Ponedeljak | after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Slovak | Pondelok | after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Slovenian | Ponedeljek | after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Bosnian | Ponedjeljak | after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Macedonian | Понеделник Ponedelnik |
after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Turkish | Pazartesi | after Sunday | literal translation |
| Kurdish | dúschem | second day of the week | literal translation |
| Lasisch | Tutaçxa | Day of the moon | literal translation |
| Modern Greek | Δευτέρα deutéra |
the second day) | literal translation |
| Arabic | الاثنين al-ithnayn |
the second day) | literal translation |
| Persian | دوشنبه do-shambe |
the second day | literal translation |
| Hebrew | יום שני jomscheni |
the second day | literal translation |
| Portuguese | segunda-feira | the second (liturgical) celebration (or also: the second market) | literal translation |
| Chinese | 礼拜一 星期一 libaiyi xingqiyi |
first day of the week | Chinese days of the week are numbered consecutively 礼拜 libai is the more southern Chinese variant of the word week and goes back to the meaning of “worship, worship” 星期 xingqi is the other Mandarin term for week and is made up of the characters 星 xing (= star) and 期qi (= period, period), could therefore be translated as “star time”, an echo of the original Babylonian meaning. |
| Japanese | 月曜日 getsuyôbi |
Lunar weekday | Japanese days of the week are named after the heavenly bodies: sun and moon, followed by five planets , each named after one of the five elements . |
| Korean | 월요일 wolyoil |
Lunar weekday | The Korean days of the week are also named after the heavenly bodies. |
| Indonesian | Senin | after Sunday | literal translation, while Sunday is feminine, Monday is masculine |
| Euskara (Basque) | astelehena | First day of the week | literal translation |
See also
Web links
Commons : Monday - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Monday - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
