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7 days of the Week in Arabic.

The names of all the days in the Arabic Language.

The first day of the week, Sunday in Arabic is written as يوم الأحد, and it is pronounced as “yawm al-ahad” and 'ahad' means first or one and yawm simply means day. The second day of the week, Monday in Arabic is written as يوم الإثنين, and it is pronounced as “yawm al-iithnin” and 'iithnin' means two. The third day of the week, Tuesday in Arabic is written as يوم الثلاثاء, and it is pronounced as “yawm al-thulatha" and 'thulatha' means three. The fourth day of the week, Wednesday in Arabic is written as يوم الأربعاء, and it is pronounced as “yawm al-arbi’aa” and 'arbi’aa' means four. The fifth day of the week, Thursday in Arabic is written as يوم الخميس, and it is pronounced as “yawm al-khamis” and 'khamis' is derived from number Five "خــمــســة". The sixth day of the week, Friday in Arabic is written as يوم الجمعة, and it is pronounced as “yawm al-jumea” and jumea means getting together and is derived from the Arabic root verb “to gather جــمــع“. The last and seventh day of the week, Saturday in Arabic is written as يوم السبت, and it is pronounced as “yawm al-sabt”, the name is derived from the root verb “to rest or hibernate ســبــت“. The names of all the days in the Arabic Language are listed in the simple table.

English

Arabic

Transliteration

Sunday

يوم الأحد

yawm al-ahad

Monday

يوم الاثنين

yawm al-ithnayn

Tuesday

يوم الثلاثاء

yawm al-thulathaa

Wednesday

يوم الأربعاء

yawm al-arbi’aa

Thursday

يوم الخميس

yawm al-khamees

Friday

يوم الجمعة

yawm al-Jumu’ah

Saturday

يوم السبت

yawm al-Sabt

 

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