As a deity name
Name 967 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
शनिवार · masculine
Saturday
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi शनिवार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शनिवार (śanivāra). Cognate with Gujarati શનિવાર (śanivār), Marathi शनिवार (śanivār).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śani—vāra or śani—vāsara, m. S˚'s day, Saturday, L.
śanivāra m. (-raḥ) Saturday. E. śani the planet, and vāra in this and similar compounds, a day.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Saturday (a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi शनिवार; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
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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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