Thursday is the day of the workweek between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries which adopt the “ Sunday-first ” convention, it is the fifth day of the workweek. [ 1 ]
appoint [edit ]
See Names of the days of the week for more on naming conventions.
thor ‘s day [edit ]
The name is derived from Old English þunresdæg and Middle English Thuresday ( with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from influence of Old Norse Þórsdagr ) meaning “ Thor ‘s Day ”. It was named after the Norse god of Thunder, Thor. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Thunor, Donar ( german, Donnerstag ) and Thor are derived from the diagnose of the Germanic idol of boom, Thunraz, equivalent to Jupiter in the interpretatio romana.
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In most Romance languages, the day is named after the Roman deity Jupiter, who was the god of sky and thunder. In Latin, the day was known as Iovis Dies, “ Jupiter ‘s Day ”. In Latin, the possessive or genitive event of Jupiter was Iovis / Jovis and therefore in most Romance languages it became the parole for Thursday : italian giovedì, spanish jueves, french jeudi, Sardinian jòvia, Catalan dijous, Galician xoves and romanian joi. This is besides reflected in the p-Celtic Welsh dydd Iau. The astrological and astronomic sign of the planet Jupiter ( ♃ ) is sometimes used to represent Thursday. Since the Roman deity Jupiter was identified with Thunor ( Norse Thor in northern Europe ), most germanic languages name the day after this god : Torsdag in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, Hósdagur / Tórsdagur in Faroese, Donnerstag in German or Donderdag in Dutch. finnish and Northern Sami, both non-Germanic ( Uralic ) languages, uses the borrowing “ Torstai ” and “ Duorastat ”. In the extinct Polabian Slavic speech, it was perundan, Perun being the Slavic equivalent of Thor. [ 5 ]
Vishnu’s/Buddha’s/Dattatrey ‘s Day [edit ]
There are a number of modern names imitating the appoint of Thursday after an equivalent of “ Jupiter ” in local custom. In most of the languages of India, the word for Thursday is Guruvāra – vāra meaning day and Guru being the expressive style for Bṛhaspati, guru to the gods and regent of the planet Jupiter. This day marks the worship of Lord Vishnu /Lord Buddha and Lord Dattatreya in Hinduism. In Sanskrit terminology, the day is called Bṛhaspativāsaram ( day of Bṛhaspati ). In Nepali terminology, the day is called Bihivāra as derived from the Sanskrit son like like in Hindi vara means sidereal day and Bihivāra meaning Bṛhaspati. In Thai, the give voice is Wan Pharuehatsabodi, besides in Old Javanese as Respati or in balinese as Wraspati – referring to the Hindu deity Bṛhaspati, besides associated with Jupiter. En was an previous illyrian deity and in his award in the albanian speech Thursday is called “ Enjte ”. [ 6 ] In the Nahuatl speech, Thursday is Tezcatlipotōnal ( nahuatl pronunciation : [ teskat͡ɬipoˈtoːnaɬ ] ) meaning “ day of Tezcatlipoca “. In japanese, the day is 木曜日 ( 木 represents Jupiter, 木星 ), following East asian custom .
Fourth day [edit ]
In Slavic languages and in Chinese, this day ‘s diagnose is “ fourth ” ( Slovak štvrtok, Czech čtvrtek, Slovene četrtek, Croatian and Bosnian četvrtak, Polish czwartek, Russian четверг chetverg, Bulgarian четвъртък, Serbian четвртак, Macedonian четврток, ukrainian четвер chetver ). hungarian uses a Slavic loanword “ csütörtök ”. In chinese, it is 星期四 xīngqīsì ( “ fourth solar day ” ). In estonian it ‘s neljapäev, meaning “ fourthly day ” or “ one-fourth day in a week ”. The Baltic languages besides use the term “ fourth day ” ( latvian ceturtdiena, Lithuanian ketvirtadienis ) .
Fifth sidereal day [edit ]
greek uses a act for this day : Πέμπτη Pémpti “ fifth, ” as does portuguese : quinta-feira “ fifth day, ” Hebrew : יום חמישי ( Yom Khamishi – day fifth ) frequently written ‘יום ה ( “ Yom Hey ” – 5th letter Hey sidereal day ), and Arabic : يوم الخميس ( “ Yaum al-Khamīs ” – one-fifth day ). Rooted from Arabic, Indonesian word for Thursday is “ Kamis ”, similarly “ Khamis ” in malaysian and “ Kemis ” in Javanese. In Catholic liturgy, Thursday is referred to in Latin as feria quinta. Portuguese, unlike other Romance languages, uses the bible quinta-feira, think of “ fifth day of liturgical celebration ”, that comes from the Latin feria quinta used in religious text where it was not allowed to consecrate days to pagan gods. Icelandic besides uses the term fifth day ( Fimmtudagur ). In the irani language, Thursday is referred to as panj-shanbeh, meaning 5th sidereal day of the week. vietnamese refers to Thursday as Thứ năm ( literally means “ day five ” ). Quakers traditionally referred to Thursday as “ Fifth Day ” eschewing the hedonist beginning of the English name “ Thursday ”. [ 7 ]
cultural and religious practices [edit ]
christian holidays [edit ]
In the christian custom, Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter — the day on which the last Supper occurred. besides known as Sheer Thursday in the United Kingdom, it is traditionally a day of clean and giving out Maundy money there. Holy Thursday is separate of Holy Week. In the Eastern Orthodox Church. Thursdays are dedicated to the Apostles and Saint Nicholas. The Octoechos contains hymns on these themes, arranged in an eight-week cycle, that are chanted on Thursdays throughout the year. At the end of Divine Services on Thursday, the dismissal begins with the words : “ May Christ our True God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother, of the holy, brilliant and all-laudable Apostles, of our Father among the saints Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonder-worker … ” ascension Thursday is 40 days after Easter, when jesus ascended into Heaven .
islam [edit ]
In Islam, Thursdays are one of the days in a workweek in which Muslims are encouraged to do voluntary fast, the other being Mondays. There are a number of Hadith which narrated of prophet Muhammad fast on these days. [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
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judaism [edit ]
In Judaism, Thursdays are considered auspicious days for fasting. The Didache warned early Christians not to fast on Thursdays to avoid Judaizing, and suggested Fridays rather. In Judaism the Torah is read in public on Thursday mornings, and particular penitential prayers are said on Thursday, unless there is a particular occasion for happiness which cancels them .
Druze religion [edit ]
formal Druze worship is confined to weekly merging on Thursday evenings, during which all members of community gather togther to discuss local issues before those not initiated into the secrets of the faith ( the juhhāl, or the ignorant ) are dismissed, and those who are “ uqqāl ” or “ enlightened ” ( those few initiated in the Druze holy books ) remain to read and study their holy scriptures. [ 10 ]
Practices in countries [edit ]
In Buddhist Thailand Thursday is considered the “ Teacher ‘s Day ”, and it is believed that one should begin one ‘s department of education on this auspicious day. thai students inactive pay homages to their teachers in specific ceremony always held on a selected Thursday. And graduation day in Thai universities, which can vary depending on each university, about always will be held on a Thursday. In the Thai solar calendar, the color associated with Thursday is orange. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is an annual festival celebrated on the one-fourth Thursday in November. In Finland and Sweden, pea soup is traditionally served on Thursdays. [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
conventional weekly events [edit ]
In Australia, most film movies premieres are held on Thursdays. besides, most Australians are paid on a Thursday, either weekly or fortnightly. Shopping malls see this as an opportunity to open longer than common, by and large until 9 pm, as most yield cheques are cleared by Thursday dawn. In Norway, Thursday has besides traditionally been the day when most shops and malls are open late than on the other weekdays, although the majority of shopping malls now are open until 8 pm or 9 promethium every weekday. In the USSR of the 1970s and 1980s Thursday was the “ pisces Day ” ( russian : Рыбный день, Rybny den ), when the nation ‘s foodservice establishments were supposed to serve fish ( preferably than meat ) dishes. [ 13 ] For college and university students, Thursday is sometimes referred to as the newfangled Friday. There are much fewer or sometimes no classes on Fridays and more opportunities to hold parties on Thursday nox and rest in on Friday. As a consequence, some call Thursday “ thirstday ” or “ thirsty Thursday ”. [ 14 ]
Elections in the United Kingdom [edit ]
In the United Kingdom, all cosmopolitan elections since 1935 have been held on a Thursday, and this has become a custom, although not a prerequisite of the jurisprudence — which merely states that an election may be held on any day “except Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday, bank holidays in any part of the United Kingdom and any day appointed for public thanksgiving and mourning.” [ 15 ] additionally, local elections are normally held on the first Thursday in May. [ citation needed ] The Electoral Administration Act 2006 removed Maundy Thursday as an eject day on the electoral timetable, therefore an election can now be held on Maundy Thursday ; prior to this elections were sometimes scheduled on the Tuesday before as an option .
astrology [edit ]
Thursday is aligned by the satellite Jupiter and the astrological signs of Pisces and Saggitarius. [ citation needed ]
popular culture [edit ]
- In the nursery rhyme, “Monday’s Child”, “Thursday’s Child has far to go”.
- In some high schools in the United States during the 1950s and the 1960s, rumours said that if someone wore green on Thursdays, it meant that he or she was gay or lesbian.[16]
- Thursday is the day of the Second Round draw in the English League Cup.
- Super Thursday is an annual promotional event in the publishing industry as well as an important day in UK elections (see above).
literature [edit ]
cinema [edit ]
- Thursday (1998 film) is a movie starring Thomas Jane, about the day of a drug dealer gone straight, who gets pulled back into his old lifestyle.
- The Thursday (1963), is an Italian film.
music [edit ]
References [edit ]
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