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Tibetan Vocabulary - Days of the Week

Hi Tibetan learners! 😊
In this lesson, we will learn the vocabulary for the days of the week in Tibetan, along with some cultural information and interesting facts. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to confidently use these words in conversation and expand your knowledge of the Tibetan language. Don't forget to practice with native speakers on Polyglot Club and ask them any questions you may have.
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Days of the Week

In Tibetan, the days of the week are not named after celestial objects, like in many other languages. Instead, they correspond to different elements and animals. These animals are known as the Twelve Earthly Branches, and the five elements are earth, water, fire, air, and space.

Here are the names of the days of the week in Tibetan:

Tibetan	Pronunciation	English
གཟའ་ཉི་མ་	Zanyi Ma	Monday
གཟའ་ཟླ་བ་	Zalab	Tuesday
གཟའ་མིག་དམར་	Mikmar	Wednesday
གཟའ་ལྷག་པ་	Lakpa	Thursday
གཟའ་ཕུར་བུ་	Purbu	Friday
གཟའ་སངས་རྒྱས་	Sangye Gyatso	Saturday
གཟའ་ཉིན་གུང་བ་	Ningunguwa	Sunday

It's interesting to note that the animals and elements are not chosen at random. In Tibetan astrology and medicine, each animal and element corresponds to different aspects of the body, mind, and environment. Studying Tibetan language and culture can give you a greater understanding of these systems and how they intersect.

Now, let's look at some examples of the days of the week in context:

Dialogue

• Person 1: གཟའ་ཉི་མ་ལ་མི་ཚེས་གྲགས་པར་གློག་བརྩེ་བ་? (Zanyi Ma la mi tse drak par log tshe ba?) (What are you doing on Monday?)
• Person 2: ཁྱེད་རང་གི་དངུལ་ཐོབ་པ་གློག་པར་ཚད་བྱེད། (Khyerang gi dangul topa log par tse gyed.) (I have a meeting with my friend from Khyerang.)

Interesting Fact

In Tibetan culture, Tuesday is considered an important day for religious practices and offerings. It is believed that the planet Mars, which is associated with the color red, is particularly active on this day. Many people wear red clothing or use red decorations on Tuesdays to honor this connection.

I hope you found this lesson helpful and informative! For more vocabulary and resources, check out our Vocabulary page. Keep learning and expanding your knowledge of the beautiful Tibetan language.

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Sources

• Tibetan Vocabulary - Days of the Week
• Life in Tibet: learn the days of the tibetan week. Be on time
• Tibetan calendar - Wikipedia