As a deity name
Name 251 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
बुधवार · masculine
Wednesday
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi बुधवार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बुधवार (budhavāra). Cognate with Marathi बुधवार (budhvār).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
budha—vāra m. = -dina, L.
budhavāra m. (-raḥ) Wednesday. E. budha MERCURY, and vāra a day.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Wednesday (a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi बुधवार; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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