سوموار

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सोमवार (somavāra, “moon-day”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /soːm.ʋäːɾ/

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• (Pakistan) IPA^(key): [sʊ̃m.ʋäːɾᵊ]
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): [sʊ̃.ʋäːɾᵊ], [sə̃.ʋäːɾᵊ]
• Hyphenation: سوم‧وار

Noun

سومْوَار • (somvār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੋਮਵਾਰ)

1. Monday

   Synonym: پِیر (pīr)

Declension

Declension of سوموار
dir. sg.	سومْوَار (somvār)
dir. pl.	سومْوَار (somvār)
	singular	plural
direct	سومْوَار (somvār)	سومْوَار (somvār)
oblique	سومْوَار (somvār)	سومْوَاراں (somvārāṉ)
vocative	سومْوَارا (somvārā)	سومْوَارو (somvāro)
ablative	سومْوَاروں (somvāroṉ)	–
locative	–	سومْوَارِیں (somvārīṉ)
instrumental	–	–

See also

Days of the week in Punjabi · ہَفْتَہ واراں دے ناں (haftah vārāṉ de nāṉ) (layout · text)
اَیْتْوار (aitvār)	سومْوار (somvār)	مَن٘گَلْوار (maṉgalvār)	بُدّھْوار (buddhvār)	جُمْعِرات (jumʻirāt), وِیْر وار (vīr vār)	جُمْعَہ (jumʻah), شُکَّرْوار (śukkarvār)	ہَفْتَہ (haftah), چَھنِچَّھرْوار (chaniccharvār), چَھنِچَّھر (chanicchar)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سوموار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਸੋਮਵਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sōmavāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 784

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सोमवार (somavāra, “moon-day”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /soːm.ʋɑːɾ/

Noun

سوموار • (somvār) m (Hindi spelling सोमवार) (uncommon)

1. Synonym of پِیر (pīr, “Monday”)

Declension

Declension of سوموار
	singular	plural
direct	سوموار (somvār)	سوموار (somvār)
oblique	سوموار (somvār)	سومواروں (somvārō̃)
vocative	سوموار (somvār)	سوموارو (somvārō)

See also

Days of the week in Urdu · ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din) (layout · text)
اِتْوَار (itvār)	پِیر (pīr), سومْوَار (somvār)	مَن٘گَل (maṅgal)	بُدھ (budh)	جُمِعْرات (jumi'rāt)	جُمْعَہ (jum'a)	سَنِیچَر (sanīcar), ہَفْتَہ (hafta), شَنْبَہ (śanba)