화요일

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 火曜日, from 火曜 (“Mars”) + 日 (“day”), from Latin dies Martis (“day of Mars”), through Indian astrology in the fifth century as Sanskrit मङ्गलवार (maṅgalavāra, “of the planet Mars”) into Buddhist astrology in the eighth century as 火曜日.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸwa̠joiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [화요일]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hwayoil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hwayoil
McCune–Reischauer?	hwayoil
Yale Romanization?	hwa.yoil

Noun

화요일 • (hwayoil) (hanja 火曜日)

1. Tuesday

Synonyms

• 화요(火曜) (hwayo)

See also

• 칠요일(七曜日) (chiryoil)
• days of the week: 요일(曜日) (yoil) (appendix): 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) ^[edit]