Editing Sunday (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Máni and Sól by Lorenz Frølich.jpg|thumb|A depiction of [[Máni]], the personified Moon, and his sister [[Sól (Sun)|Sól]], the personified Sun, from [[Norse mythology]] (1895) by [[Lorenz Frølich]].]]
The name "Sunday", the day of the Sun, is derived from [[Hellenistic astrology]], where the [[Planet#Greco-Roman astronomy|seven planets]] – known in English as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon – each had an hour of the day assigned to them, and the planet which was regent during the first hour of any day of the week gave its name to that day. During the 1st and 2nd centuries, the week of seven days was introduced into Rome from [[Egypt]], and the Roman names of the planets were given to each successive day.

[[Germanic peoples]] seem to have adopted the week as a division of time from the Romans, but they changed the Roman names into those of corresponding [[Teutons|Teutonic]] [[deities]]. Hence, the ''dies Solis'' became Sunday (German, ''Sonntag'').<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-12 |title=Where Does "Sunday" Get Its Name From? |url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/where-did-name-sunday-come-from/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Dictionary.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

The English noun ''Sunday'' derived sometime before 1250 from ''sunedai'', which itself developed from [[Old English]] (before 700) ''Sunnandæg'' (literally meaning "sun's day"), which is cognate to other [[Germanic languages]], including [[Old Frisian]] ''sunnandei'', [[Old Saxon]] ''sunnundag'', [[Middle Dutch]] ''sonnendach'' (modern Dutch ''zondag''), [[Old High German]] ''sunnun tag'' (modern German ''Sonntag''), and [[Old Norse]] ''sunnudagr'' (Danish and Norwegian ''søndag'', Icelandic ''sunnudagur'' and Swedish ''söndag''). The Germanic term is a [[Interpretatio graeca|Germanic interpretation]] of Latin ''dies solis'' ("day of the sun"), which is a translation of the [[ancient Greek]] Ἥλίου ημέρα" (''Hēlíou hēméra'').<ref name=BARNHART778>Barnhart (1995:778).</ref>

In most [[Languages of India|Indian languages]], the word for Sunday is derived from Sanskrit ''Ravivāra'' or ''Adityavāra'' — ''vāra'' meaning day and ''Aditya'' and ''Ravi'' both being names for [[Surya]], the Sun and the solar deity. Ravivāra is the first day cited in [[Jyotisha]], which provides logical reason for giving the name of each weekday. In the [[Thai solar calendar]], the name ("Waan Arthit") is derived from Aditya, and the associated colour is red.

In most [[Slavic languages]] other than Russian, the words for Sunday reflect the Christian commandment to abstain from work. Belarusian {{lang|be|нядзеля}} ({{transliteration|be|nyadzelya}}), Bulgarian {{lang|bg|неделя}} ({{transliteration|bg|nedelya}}), Croatian and Serbian ''nedjelja'' / {{lang|sr|недеља}}, Czech ''neděle'', Macedonian {{lang|mk|недела}} ({{transliteration|mk|nedela}}), Polish ''niedziela'', Slovak ''nedeľa'', Slovenian ''nedelja'' and Ukrainian {{lang|uk|неділя}} ({{transliteration|uk|nedilya}}) are all cognates literally meaning "no work" or "day with no work".

In Russian, the word for Sunday is {{lang|ru|Воскресенье}} ({{transliteration|ru|Voskreseniye}}) meaning "resurrection" (that is, the day of a week which commemorates the resurrection of [[Jesus Christ]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seminarzkr.narod.ru/kalendar/pages/01_mir/pr_00_nedelja.html|title=ДНИ НЕДЕЛИ - СЛАВЯНСКАЯ СЕДЬМИЦА | access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> In Old Russian, Sunday was also called {{lang|ru|неделя}} ({{transliteration|ru|nedelya}}), "free day", or "day with no work", but in the contemporary language this word means "week".

The Modern Greek word for Sunday, {{langx|el|Κυριακή|label=none|italic=yes}}, is derived from {{langx|el|Κύριος|label=none|italic=yes}} ([[Kyrios]], Lord) also, due to its liturgical significance as the day commemorating [[Resurrection of Jesus|the resurrection of Jesus Christ]], i.e. [[Lord's Day|The Lord's Day]].

The name is similar in the [[Romance Languages|Romance languages]]. In Italian, Sunday is called {{lang|it|domenica}}, which also means "Lord's Day" (from Latin {{lang|la|Dies Dominica}}). One finds similar cognates in French, where the name is {{lang|fr|dimanche}}, as well as Romanian {{lang|ro|duminică}}, and in Spanish and Portuguese, {{lang|es|domingo}}.

In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, Sunday is called {{lang|zh|星期日}} ({{transliteration|zh|Xīng qī rì}}), {{lang|ko|일요일}} ({{transliteration|ko|Il-yo-Il}}), and {{lang|ja|日曜日}} ({{transliteration|ja|Nichiyōbi}}) respectively, which all mean "sun day of the week".

The Arabic word for Sunday is {{lang|ar|الأحد|rtl=yes}} ({{transliteration|ar|Al-Ahad}}), meaning "the first". It is usually combined with the word {{lang|ar|يوم|rtl=yes}} ({{transliteration|ar|Yawm}}) meaning "day".

The Latvian word for Sunday is ''svētdiena'', literally "holy day", while the Lithuanian word is ''sekmadienis'' (< ''sekma'' 'seventh' + ''diena'' 'day'). The [[fossil word]] ''sekmas'' (male), ''sekma'' (female) has been displaced by ''septintas'' (''septinta'') in contemporary Lithuanian.