As a Hindi name
सोमवार · noun · masculine
सात वारों में से एक वार जो सोम अर्थात् चंद्रमा का माना जाता है । यह रविवार के बाद औक मंगलवार के पहले पड़ता है । चंद्रवार — Śabdasāgara
सोमवार · masculine
Monday
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सोमवार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *sówh₁-mo-s Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas Sanskrit सोम (soma) Sanskrit वर (vara)der.? Sanskrit वार (vāra) Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Σελήνης (hēméra Selḗnēs)calq. Sanskrit सोमवार (somavāra)bor. Hindi सोमवार Learned borrowi…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
soma—vāra m. ‘moon-day’, Monday, Inscr.
somavāra m. (-raḥ) Monday. E. soma, and vāra a day.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘moon-day’, Monday
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Dictionary citations
soma—vāra m. ‘moon-day’, Monday, Inscr.
somavāra m. (-raḥ) Monday. E. soma, and vāra a day.
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