ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ
thngay ʼaatɨt
In Khmer, the word for "Sunday" is ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ (thngay ʼaatɨt).
ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ is used to refer to the specific day of the week, Sunday.
Meaning: day of the week (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The term is composed of ថ្ងៃ (thngay), meaning "day" and អាទិត្យ (ʼaatɨt), meaning "sun".
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is thngay ʼaatɨt.
Did you know?
- In Buddhist traditions in Cambodia, certain days of the week are associated with specific colors, and Sunday is traditionally linked to the color red.
- The word អាទិត្យ comes from the Sanskrit word 'aditya', which refers to a solar deity or a son of Aditi.
- Khmer days of the week are named after celestial bodies, meaning the entire weekly sequence is essentially a map of the solar system.
Examples in context
- ថ្ងៃនេះគឺជាថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ។thngai nih keu chea thngai atit.Today is Sunday.
- ខ្ញុំទៅលេងផ្ទះជីដូននៅថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ។khnhom tov leng pteah chi don nov thngai atit.I go to my grandmother's house on Sunday.
- តើថ្ងៃអាទិត្យអ្នកទំនេរទេ?tae thngai atit neak tomney te?Are you free on Sunday?
Example conversation
Two friends are planning a weekend trip.
- សុខ Sokតើអ្នកទំនេរថ្ងៃអាទិត្យទេ?Tae neak tom-ne thngai-atit te?Are you free on Sunday?
- ស្រីនី Sreynyចាស ខ្ញុំទំនេរ។Jas, knhom tom-ne.Yes, I am free.
- សុខ Sokតោះទៅដើរលេងជាមួយគ្នា។Toh tov der-leng chea-muoy knea.Let's go out together.
- ស្រីនី Sreynyយល់ព្រម ជួបគ្នាពេលនោះ។Yol-prom, juob knea pel nos.Agreed, see you then.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “Sunday” translations and entries ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
