Editing Thursday (section)

===Fifth day===
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[[Greek language|Greek]] uses a number for this day:  Πέμπτη ''Pémpti'' "fifth," as does {{langx|pt|quinta-feira}} "fifth day," [[Hebrew Language|Hebrew]]: {{Script/Hebrew|יום חמישי}} (''Yom Khamishi'' – day fifth) often written {{Script/Hebrew|'יום ה}} ("Yom Hey" – 5th letter Hey day), and [[Arabic Language|Arabic]]: {{lang|ar|يوم الخميس}} ("Yaum al-Khamīs" – fifth day). Rooted from Arabic, the [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] word for Thursday is "Kamis", similarly "Khamis" in [[Malaysian language|Malaysian]] and "Kemis" in [[Javanese language|Javanese]].

In [[Catholic]] [[liturgy]], Thursday is referred to in [[Latin]] as ''feria quinta''. [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], unlike other [[Romance languages]], uses the word ''quinta-feira,'' meaning "fifth day of liturgical celebration", that comes from the Latin ''feria quinta'' used in religious texts where it was not allowed to consecrate days to pagan gods.

[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] also uses the term ''fifth day'' (''Fimmtudagur'').

In the [[Persian language]], Thursday is referred to as ''panj-shanbeh'', meaning 5th day of the week.

[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] refers to Thursday as {{lang|vi|Thứ năm}} (literally means "day five").

[[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] traditionally referred to Thursday as "Fifth Day" eschewing the [[paganism|pagan]] origin of the English name "Thursday".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iymc.org/calendarnames.html |title=Guide to Quaker Calendar Names |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) |access-date=30 March 2017 |quote=In the 20th Century, many Friends began accepting use of the common date names, feeling that any pagan meaning has been forgotten. The numerical names continue to be used, however, in many documents and more formal situations."}}</ref>