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Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday diēs Sāturnī («Saturn’s Day») for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens.^[1][2] The day’s name was introduced into West Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German satersdach, saterdach, Middle Dutch saterdag (Modern Dutch zaterdag) and Old English Sæternesdæġ, Sæterndæġ or Sæterdæġ.^[3]

Origins

Between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, the Roman Empire gradually replaced the eight-day Roman nundinal cycle with the seven-day week. The astrological order of the days was explained by Vettius Valens and Dio Cassius (and Chaucer gave the same explanation in his Treatise on the Astrolabe). According to these authors, it was a principle of astrology that the heavenly bodies presided, in succession, over the hours of the day. The association of the weekdays with the respective deities is thus indirect, the days are named for the planets, which were in turn named for the deities.

The Germanic peoples adapted the system introduced by the Romans but glossed their indigenous gods over the Roman deities in a process known as interpretatio germanica. In the case of Saturday, however, the Roman name was borrowed directly by West Germanic peoples, apparently because none of the Germanic gods were considered to be counterparts of the Roman god Saturn. Otherwise Old Norse and Old High German did not borrow the name of the Roman god (Icelandic laugardagur, German Samstag).

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Saturdays are days on which the Theotokos (Mother of God) and All Saints are commemorated, and the day on which prayers for the dead are especially offered, in remembrance that it was on a Saturday that Jesus lay dead in the tomb. The Octoechos contains hymns on these themes, arranged in an eight-week cycle, that are chanted on Saturdays throughout the year. At the end of services on Saturday, the dismissal begins with the words: «May Christ our True God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother, of the holy, glorious and right victorious Martyrs, of our reverend and God-bearing Fathers…». For the Orthodox, Saturday — with the sole exception of Holy Saturday — is never a strict fast day. When a Saturday falls during one of the fasting seasons (Great Lent, Nativity Fast, Apostles’ Fast, Dormition Fast) the fasting rules are always lessened to an extent. The Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross and the Beheading of St. John the Baptist are normally observed as strict fast days, but if they fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the fast is lessened.

Name and associations

Today, Saturday has two names in modern Standard German. The first word, Samstag, is always used in Austria, Liechtenstein, and the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and generally used in southern and western Germany. It derives from Old High German sambaztac, the first part (sambaz) of which derives from Greek Σάββατο, sávvato and this Greek word derives from Hebrew שבת, Shabbat. However, the current German word for Sabbath is Sabbat. The second name for Saturday in German is Sonnabend, which derives from Old High German sunnunaband, and is closely related to the Old English word sunnanæfen. It means literally «Sun eve», i.e., «The day before Sunday». Sonnabend is generally used in northern and eastern Germany, and was also the official name for Saturday in East Germany. Even if these two names are used regionally differently, they are usually understood at least passively in the other part.

In West Frisian there are also two words for Saturday. In Wood Frisian it is saterdei, and in Clay Frisian it is sneon, derived from snjoen, a combination of Old Frisian sunne, meaning sun and joen, meaning eve.

In the Westphalian dialects of Low Saxon, in East Frisian Low Saxon and in the Saterland Frisian language, Saturday is called Satertag, also akin to Dutch zaterdag, which has the same linguistic roots as the English word Saturday. It was formerly thought that the English name referred to a deity named Sætere who was venerated by the pre-Christian peoples of north-western Germany, some of whom were the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons. Sætere was identified as either a god associated with the harvest of possible Slav origin,^[4] or another name for Loki^[5] a complex deity associated with both good and evil; this latter suggestion may be due to Jacob Grimm.^[6] However, modern dictionaries derive the name from Saturn.^{[7][8][9][10]}

In most languages of India, Saturday is Shanivāra, vāra meaning day, based on Shani, the Hindu god manifested in the planet Saturn. Some Hindus fast on Saturdays to reverse the ill effects of Shani as well as pray to and worship the deity Hanuman.^[11][12] In the Thai solar calendar of Thailand, the day is named from the Pali word for Saturn, and the color associated with Saturday is purple.^{[citation needed]} In Pakistan, Saturday is Hafta, meaning the week. In Eastern Indian languages like Bengali Saturday is called শনিবার, Shonibar meaning Saturn’s Day and is the first day of the Bengali Week in the Bengali calendar.
In Islamic countries, Fridays are considered as the last or penultimate day of the week and are holidays along with Thursdays or Saturdays; Saturday is called سبت, Sabt (cognate to Sabbath) and it is the first day of the week in many Arab countries but the Last Day in other Islamic countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Central Asian countries.

In Japanese, the word Saturday is 土曜日, doyōbi, meaning ‘soil day’ and is associated with 土星, dosei: Saturn (the planet), literally meaning «soil star». Similarly, in Korean the word Saturday is 토요일, tho yo il, also meaning earth day. The element Earth was associated with the planet Saturn in Chinese astrology and philosophy.

The modern Māori name for Saturday, rāhoroi, literally means «washing-day» – a vestige of early colonized life when Māori converts would set aside time on the Saturday to wash their whites for Church on Sunday.^[13] A common alternative Māori name for Saturday is the transliteration hātarei.

Quakers traditionally referred to Saturday as «Seventh Day», eschewing the «pagan» origin of the name.^[14]

In Scandinavian countries, Saturday is called lördag, lørdag, or laurdag, the name being derived from the old word laugr/laug (hence Icelandic name Laugardagur), meaning bath, thus Lördag equates to bath-day. This is due to the Viking practice of bathing on Saturdays.^[15] The roots lör, laugar and so forth are cognate to the English word lye, in the sense of detergent. The Finnish and Estonian names for the day, lauantai and laupäev, respectively, are also derived from this term.

Position in the week

The international standard ISO 8601 sets Saturday as the sixth day of the week. The three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) regard Saturday as the seventh day of the week. As a result, many refused the ISO 8601 standards and continue to use Saturday as their seventh day.

Saturday Sabbath

For Jews, Messianics, Seventh Day Baptists and Seventh-day Adventists, the seventh day of the week, known as Shabbat (or Sabbath for Seventh-day Adventists), stretches from sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday and is the day of rest. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches distinguish between Saturday (Sabbath) and the Lord’s Day (Sunday). Other Protestant groups, such as Seventh-day Adventists, hold that the Lord’s Day is the Sabbath, according to the fourth commandment (Exodus 20:8), and not Sunday.

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work.

— Exodus 20:10 King James Version

Astrology

In astrology, Saturn is associated with Saturday, its planet’s symbol , and the astrological signs Capricorn and Aquarius.

In popular culture

Regional customs

• In most countries, Saturday is a weekend day (see workweek).
• In Australia, elections must take place on a Saturday.^[16]
• In Israel, Saturday is the official day of rest,^[17] on which all government offices and most businesses, including some public transportation, are closed.
• In Nepal, Saturday is the last day of the week and is the only official weekly holiday.^[18]
• In New Zealand, Saturday is the only day on which elections can be held.^[19]
• In Sweden and Norway, Saturday has usually been the only day of the week when especially younger children are allowed to eat sweets, lördagsgodis in Swedish and lørdagsgodtteri in Norwegian. This tradition was introduced to limit dental caries, utilizing the results of the infamous Vipeholm experiments between 1945 and 1955.^[20] (See festivities in Sweden.)
• In the U.S. state of Louisiana, Saturday is the preferred election day.^[21]

Slang

• The amount of criminal activities that take place on Saturday nights has led to the expression, «Saturday night special», a pejorative slang term used in the United States and Canada for any inexpensive handgun.

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics and periodicals

• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a single-panel webcomic by Zach Weiner.
• The Saturday Evening Post
• Saturday Night (magazine) (Canada)
• Saturday Night Magazine (U.S.)

Films

• The association of Saturday night with comedy shows on television lent its name to the film Mr. Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal.
• It is common for clubs, bars and restaurants to be open later on Saturday night than on other nights. Thus «Saturday Night» has come to imply the party scene, and has lent its name to the films Saturday Night Fever, which showcased New York discotheques, Uptown Saturday Night, as well as many songs (see below).

Folk rhymes and folklore

• In the folk rhyme Monday’s Child, «Saturday’s child works hard for a living».
• In another rhyme reciting the days of the week, Solomon Grundy «Died on Saturday».
• In folklore, Saturday was the preferred day to hunt vampires, because on that day they were restricted to their coffins. It was also believed in the Balkans that someone born on Saturday could see a vampire when it was otherwise invisible, and that such people were particularly apt to become vampire hunters.^[22][23] Accordingly, in this context, people born on Saturday were specially designated as sabbatianoí in Greek^[24] and sâbotnichavi in Bulgarian;^[23] the term has been rendered in English as «Sabbatarians».^[24]

Music

Groups

• The Saturdays is a female pop group

Songs

• The Nigerian popular song «Bobo Waro Fero Satodeh» («Everybody Loves Saturday Night») became internationally famous in the 1950s and was sung translated into many languages^[25]
• «Saturday» (Fall Out Boy song) from the album Take This to Your Grave
• «Saturday» (Kids in Glass Houses song) from the album Smart Casual
• «Saturday in the Park» is a song by Chicago
• «Saturday Night» is a song by the Misfits from Famous Monsters
• «Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting» is an Elton John song
• «One More Saturday Night» is a Grateful Dead song.

Television

• Saturday morning is a notable television time block aimed at children while generally airing animated cartoons, although in the United States this has generally been phased out due to American television regulations requiring educational content be aired, along with Saturday outside activities for children^{[citation needed]}
• Saturday night is also a popular time slot for comedy shows on television in the US. The most famous of these is Saturday Night Live, a sketch comedy show that has aired on NBC nearly every week since 1975. Other notable examples include Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell.
• The Grand Final of the popular pan-European TV show, Eurovision Song Contest, has always aired on a Saturday in May.
• Saturday evenings are a time slot in the United Kingdom, devoted to popular TV shows such as Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice UK, and The X Factor. Many family game shows, for example Total Wipeout and Hole in the Wall, also air on a Saturday evening.

Video games

• Saturday Night Slam Masters – Published by Capcom Wrestling, 1993 video game
• Saturday Morning RPG

Sports

• In the United Kingdom, Saturday is the day most domestic fixtures of football are played.
• In the United States, most regular season college football games are played on Saturday. Saturday is also a common day for college basketball games.

See also

• After Saturday comes Sunday
• Black Saturday bushfires, a series of bushfires in Victoria, Australia
• First Saturday Devotions, a day to honor Our Lady of Fatima
• Holy Saturday, the day before Easter
• Lazarus Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday; part of the Holy Week
• Working Saturday

References

Last Update: Jan 03, 2023

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The English ‘Saturday’ originates from the Roman god Saturn, and can be recognized from Latin, where the day is called ‘Dies Saturni’.

Is Saturday named after a Norse god?

Then the remaining five days of the week are named after gods: Tuesday was named for the Germanic god of war, Tiu; Wednesday was named for Woden, the supreme creator among the Norse gods; Thursday was named for Thor, the Norse god of thunder; Friday was named for Frigga, the Norse goddess of marital love and the hearth …

Why is it called Saturday?

As for Saturday, Germanic and Norse traditions didn’t assign any of their gods to this day of the week. They retained the Roman name instead. The English word “Saturday” comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “Sæturnesdæg,” which translates to “Saturn’s day.”

What does the day Saturday mean?

Saturday day was named for Saturn the planet, which the Romans named after their god Saturn. Yep, we just kept the old Roman name for this one. But, here’s the best part: Saturn was the god of plenty, of renewal, of time, of liberation. Now that’s what Saturdays are all about.

Where do the days of the week come from?

The names for the days of the week in English seem to be a mixed bag. Saturday, Sunday and Monday are named after the celestrial bodies, Saturn, Sun and Moon, but the other days are named after Germanic gods, Tuesday (Tiw’s day), Wednesday (Woden’s day), Thursday (Thor’s day) and Friday (Freya’s day).

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Do you know what day it is today? Saturday! We often associate Saturday with fun because it is part of the weekend when we can relax.

In English today, the names for the days of the week come to us from Old English. This was the language spoken in England from sometime in the seventh century until about 1100 CE.

The days of the week are also named after different gods and goddesses. So, who is Saturday named after and what is the history of the word? Let’s find out!

Key facts!

• ‘Saturday’ comes from the Middle English word Saterday. This, in turn, came from the Old English word sæternesdæġ (“day of Saturn”).
• However, these words ultimately came from the Latin word Saturnus (the name of the Roman god of agriculture).
• Saturnus (or Saturn) was the father of many other gods such as Jupiter, Juno, Neptune and more.
• Saturn is also associated with Cronus in Greek mythology.
• Many religious traditions, such as Judaism (Jews), consider Saturday to be the seventh day and last day of the week.
• The planet of Saturn is also named after the same Roman god, Saturn.

Here is an exciting video on Saturn’s rings:

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As the first full day of the weekend in the standard Western work week, Saturday means different things to different people. Freedom from school or work, for some, and the perfect day for parties for others. And then there are those who take the day to do absolutely nothing and not feel guilty about it.

Though you’re probably already familiar with the vibes that come along with the day, do you know the planet that Saturday is named after?

While Sunday and Monday get their names from the sun and moon, Tuesday through Friday are named for Germanic or Norse gods. Saturday, on the other hand, is designated as the day of the Roman planet Sāturnus, named after the god Saturn, who is equal parts party animal and agricultural icon.

How Saturday got its name

The word Saturday can be traced back to the Latin Sāturnī diēs (literally “Saturn’s day”). That led to the Old English pronunciation and spelling Saternesdæg, followed by the Middle English Saturdai before English speakers settled on Saturday.

To get to the origin of the name for Saturday (or any day of the week, for that matter), you have to start with the Babylonians. They were the ones who created the seven-day week that people still use today. When the ancient Romans followed suit, they named the days after their planets, the sun, and the moon (so named after the gods).

Those who spoke the Germanic and Nordic languages that shaped English subsequently replaced the Roman names with their own—Thursday, for example, gets its Latin name from Jūpiter, the god of thunder and the sky, and its English name from Thor, the Norse god of thunder.

This is true for all but Saturday. The Romans named it after Saturn, and for Saturn it stayed. The consistency in naming reflects the lasting Roman influence on English from the period when the Romans controlled the British Isles from 55 BCE to 410 CE.

It’s the perfect day to learn more about the word Saturday. Visit our article to get more insight on the meaning and uses of Saturday.

What is Saturnalia?

The connection between the Roman god, Saturn, and Saturday is a fitting one. In addition to agriculture, Saturn is associated with fertility, strength, wealth, feasts, and abundance. The god fits nicely with the festivities that often take place on his day, though Saturn’s ancient holiday, Saturnalia, arguably fits the bill even better: Saturnalia was “the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.”

Modern Saturnalia festivals may be few and far between, but Saturday remains a small reminder of Saturn’s merrymaking once a week.

Продолжаем уроки английского для начинающих, и сегодня вы узнаете, как называются  дни недели на английском языке. Вы научитесь произносить их названия и даже прочитаете небольшой текст об их происхождении.

Ранее вы изучали названия времен года и месяцы — Seasons and Months. Урок первый.

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Урок второй «Запоминаем названия дней недели» из цикла «Английский для начинающих»

1. Шаг первый.

Если вы начинающий, то, скорее всего, вы не сможете прочитать эти предложения на английском языке. Но попробуйте!

1. There are 7 days in a week.
2. They are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
3. The days of a week come from names of gods, goddesses or planets.

2. Шаг второй.

Теперь послушайте, как произносятся дни недели на английском языке.

3. Шаг третий. Учимся читать!

Научитесь произносить названия дней недели на английском языке, пользуясь транскрипцией:

1. Sunday [`sɅndi] — воскресенье
2. Monday [`mɅndi] — понедельник
3. Tuesday [`tju:zdi] — вторник
4. Wednesday [`wenzdi] — среда
5. Thursday [`Ɵə:zdi] — четверг
6. Friday [`fraidi] — пятница
7. Saturday [`sætədi] — суббота
8. day [dei] — день
9. week [wi:k] — неделя
10. weekend [ˌwiːk’end] — выходные дни, конец недели

3. Шаг четвертый. Используем на практике!

Упражнение 1. Прочитайте и переведите на английский.

1. There are 7 days in a week.
2. They are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
3. The days of a week come from names of gods, goddesses or planets.

Упражнение 2. Прочитайте и переведите с английского небольшой текст о происхождении названий дней недели.

Words to remember:

1. know — знать
2. get to know — узнать
3. day — день
4. name (n) — имя, название
5. mean (v) — означать
6. come from  — происходить
7. god — бог
8. goddess — богиня
9. Sun — солнце
10. Moon — луна

The Origin of the Days of a Week (text in English for beginners)

Do you know the names of the days of the week? They are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Now you will get to know what these names mean and where they come from.

The name Sunday comes from Sun-day; it means the day of the Sun.

The name Monday comes from the word Moon; so Monday is the day of the Moon.

The other days of the week come from names of different gods and planets.

So, the word Thursday comes from the name of the god Thor. Thor is the German god of thunder, There is a word Thunderday which is the other name for Thursday.

The word Friday comes from the name of the old German goddess Frig, the goddess of beauty.

The word Saturday comes from Saturnday or Saturn-Day. Saturn is a Latin word, it is the name of the god and the planet. So Saturday is the day of Saturn.

Questions:
1. Where do the names of the days of a week come from?

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Everyone loves Saturday. End of the western work week, a day to sleep in—Saturday is special.

It’s also linguistically special. The names for the days of the week come to us from Old English, the language spoken in England from from sometime in the seventh century until about 1100 AD. This Germanic language is the broad foundation that Modern English was built on, and occasionally it leaves us hints about the culture of the Anglo-Saxons. That’s the case with the days of the week.

Each of the days of our week are named in honor of a god or object deemed worthy of veneration by the Anglo-Saxons. The sun and moon each get their due in Sunday (from the Old English sunnandæg, or literally «sun’s day») and Monday («moon’s day»). Then the remaining five days of the week are named after gods: Tuesday was named for the Germanic god of war, Tiu; Wednesday was named for Woden, the supreme creator among the Norse gods; Thursday was named for Thor, the Norse god of thunder; Friday was named for Frigga, the Norse goddess of marital love and the hearth; and Saturday was named for Saturn—who was not a Norse god.

Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture. It’s not as though there wasn’t a Norse god of agriculture to name that last day of the week after—so why use a Roman god? This is a historical and cultural holdover from Roman Britain. The island we think of as England was occupied by Roman forces from 55 BC until 410 AD, and this contact with Rome left more behind than just walls and archaeological ruins. There are a number of words in Old English that show how strong the Roman influence was on the language and culture, and sæturndæg (Saturday) is one.

Most word lovers know that English likes to scoop up words from other languages it encounters, but the strange case of Saturday proves that this isn’t new behavior—English has been borrowing from other languages since the very beginning.

• Abkhaz: асабша (asabŝa)
• Adyghe: шэмбэт (šembet)
• Afar: sábti
• Afrikaans: Saterdag (af)
• Aghwan: 𐕐𐔰𐕌𐔱𐔰𐕜 (šambaṭ)
• Alabama: nihtahollosi
• Albanian: e shtunë
• Alutiiq: Maqineq
• American Sign Language: S@Side-PalmBack CirclesHoriz
• Amharic: ቅዳሜ (ḳədame)
• Arabic: السَّبْت‎ (ar) m (as-sabt), يَوْم السَّبْت‎ m (yawm as-sabt)

  Egyptian Arabic: السبت‎ m (es-sabt)

• Armenian: շաբաթ (hy) (šabatʿ)

  Old Armenian: շաբաթ (šabatʿ)

• Aromanian: sâmbãtã f
• Assamese: শনিবাৰ (xonibar)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܲܒܬܵܐ‎ (šabta)
• Asturian: sábadu (ast) m
• Atikamekw: mari kicikaw
• Avar: щамат (ššamat)
• Azerbaijani: şənbə (az)
• Bashkir: шәмбе (şämbe)
• Basque: larunbat (eu)
• Bats: შაბათ (šabat)
• Belarusian: субо́та f (subóta)
• Bengali: শনিবার (bn) (śonibar)
• Blackfoot: to’tohtáátoyiiksistsiko
• Breton: Sadorn (br) m
• Buginese: sattu
• Bulgarian: съ́бота (bg) f (sǎ́bota)
• Burmese: စနေ (my) (ca.ne)
• Catalan: dissabte (ca) m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰⴷ (sad)
• Chechen: шот (šot)
• Cherokee: ᏙᏓᏈᏕᎾ (dodaquidena), ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏈᏕᎾ (unadodaquidena)
• Chichewa: Loweruka
• Chickasaw: Nittak Hollo’ Nakfish, Nittak Ishhanna’li’
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 星期六 (sing¹ kei⁴ luk⁶), 禮拜六／礼拜六 (lai⁵ baai³ luk⁶), 週六／周六 (zau¹ luk⁶)

  Dungan: щинчилю (xinčili͡u), либэлю (libeli͡u), шанбэ (šanbe)

  Mandarin: 星期六 (zh) (xīngqīliù), 禮拜六／礼拜六 (zh) (lǐbàiliù), 週六／周六 (zh) (zhōuliù)

  Min Nan: 禮拜六／礼拜六 (lé-pài-lio̍k), 拜六 (pài-lio̍k)

• Chuukese: Ammon
• Chuvash: шӑматкун (šămatkun)
• Cornish: Sadorn, de Sadorn, dy’Sadorn
• Corsican: sàbatu m
• Crimean Tatar: cumaertesi
• Czech: sobota (cs) f
• Dakota: Owaŋkayužažapi
• Dalmatian: sabata
• Danish: lørdag (da)
• Dutch: zaterdag (nl) m
• Dzongkha: ཉི་མ (nyi ma)
• Esperanto: sabato (eo)
• Estonian: laupäev (et)
• Farefare: Asibi
• Faroese: leygardagur (fo) m
• Fijian: siga Vakarauwai
• Finnish: lauantai (fi)
• French: samedi (fr) m
• Friulian: sabide, sàbide
• Galician: sábado (gl) m
• Georgian: შაბათი (ka) (šabati)
• German: Samstag (de) m, Sonnabend (de) m, Sabbat (de) m, Satertag (de) m (Westphalian, East Frisian)
• Greek: Σάββατο (el) n (Sávvato)
• Greenlandic: arfininngorneq
• Gujarati: શનિવાર (gu) m (śanivār)
• Haitian Creole: samdi
• Hausa: Asabar (ha) f, Sati m
• Hawaiian: Pōʻaono
• Hebrew: שַׁבָּת‎ (he) f (shabát)
• Hiligaynon: Sabadó
• Hindi: शनिवार (hi) m (śanivār), शनि (hi) m (śani), सनीचर (hi) m (sanīcar), हफ़्ता (hi) (haftā)
• Hungarian: szombat (hu)
• Hunsrik: Samstach m
• Icelandic: laugardagur (is) m
• Ido: saturdio (io)
• Inari Sami: lávurdâh
• Indonesian: hari sabtu
• Ingush: шоатта (šoatta)
• Interlingua: sabbato (ia)
• Irish: Satharn (ga) m
• Italian: sabato (it) m
• Japanese: 土曜日 (ja) (どようび, doyōbi), 土曜 (ja) (どよう, doyō)
• Kabardian: щэбэт (śebet)
• Karelian: suovattu
• Kashmiri: بَٹہٕ وار‎ (ks) (baṭhụ vār)
• Kashubian: sobòta (csb) f
• Kazakh: сенбі (kk) (senbı)
• Khmer: ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ (thngay saw)
• Kongo: Lumbu kia sabala
• Korean: 토요일(土曜日) (ko) (toyoil)
• Kumyk: сонгугюн (soñugün)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: شەمە‎ (ckb) (şeme)

  Northern Kurdish: şemî (ku), şembî (ku)

• Kusaal: asibitɩ daat
• Kyrgyz: ишемби (ky) (işembi)
• Ladin: sabeda
• Lakota: Owáŋkayužažapi, Aŋpétu Šákpe
• Lao: ວັນເສົາ (lo) (wan sao), ເສົາ (lo) (sao)
• Latgalian: sastdīne f
• Latin: diēs Saturnī (la) m or f, sabbatum n, sabbata n pl
• Latvian: sestdiena f
• Laz: საბატონი (sabaťoni)
• Lezgi: киш (kiš)
• Limburgish: zaoterdig (li), zamsdaag
• Lithuanian: šeštadienis (lt) m
• Livonian: pūolpǟva
• Lombard: sabet (lmo)
• Louisiana Creole French: sanmdi, sammdi
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: zaoterdag (nds)

  German Low German: Sünnavend (nds) m, Sünnovend m, Saterdag m

• Luganda: Lwamukaaga
• Luxembourgish: Samschden (lb) m, Samschdeg (lb) m
• Lü: ᦞᧃᦉᧁ (vanṡaw)
• Macedonian: сабота (mk) f (sabota)
• Makasar: sattu
• Malay: Sabtu (ms)
• Malayalam: ശനിയാഴ്ച (ml) (śaniyāḻca)
• Maltese: is-Sibt
• Manchu: ᠪᠣᡳᡥᠣᠨ
  ᡠᠰᡳᠩᡤᡳ (boihon usinggi)
• Maori: Hātarei, Rāhoroi
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: шуматкече (šumatkeče), шумат (šumat)

• Mauritian Creole: samdi
• Mingrelian: საბატონი (sabaṭoni), შურიშხა (šurišxa)
• Mirandese: sábado
• Mohawk: entákta
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: бямба (mn) (bjamba) (written), хагас сайн өдөр (xagas sajn ödör) (popular), гаригийн зургаа (garigiin zurgaa) (Inner Mongolia)

  Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠮᠪᠠ (bimba), ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠰ
  ᠰᠠᠢᠢᠨ
  ᠡᠳᠦᠷ (qaɣas sai̯in edür), ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ
  ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠣᠭᠠᠨ (ɣaraɣ-ün ǰirɣoɣan)

• Moore: sibri
• Mòcheno: sònsta m
• Navajo: Yiską́ Damį́įgo
• Neapolitan: sàbbato, sàpato
• Norman: Sanm’di m
• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: söninj

  Mooring: saneene

  Sylt: Seninj

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lørdag (no) m

  Nynorsk: laurdag (nn) m

• Occitan: dissabte (oc)
• Ojibwe: ishkwaajanokii-giizhigad, giziibiigisaginige-giizhigad
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: сѫбота f (sǫbota), собота f (sobota)

• Old English: sæternesdæġ m
• Old Norse: laugardagr m
• Old Turkic: şanba
• Oriya: ଶନିବାର (śônibarô)
• Oromo: Sanbata
• Ossetian: сабат (sabat)
• Papiamentu: diasabra
• Pashto: شنبه‎ f (šanba), شنبې‎ (ps) m (šanbe), خالي ورځ‎ (ps) f (xāli wraj), خالي‎ (ps) f (xāli)
• Pennsylvania German: Samschdaag
• Persian: شنبه‎ (fa) (šanbe)
• Plautdietsch: Sinnowent
• Polish: sobota (pl) f
• Portuguese: sábado (pt) m
• Punjabi : ਸਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ (pa) (saniccarvār), ਸਨੀਵਾਰ (sanīvār), ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ (pa) (śaniccarvār), ਸ਼ਨੀਵਾਰ (śanīvār)
• Quechua: k’uychichaw
• Romani: sàvato m
• Romanian: sâmbătă (ro) f
• Romansch: sonda f, sanda f, somda f
• Russian: суббо́та (ru) f (subbóta)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Kwagatandatu
• Sami:

  Northern: lávvadat

• Samoan: Aso To’ona’i
• Sardinian: sàbadu m, sàpadu, sàbudu
• Scots: Seturday
• Scottish Gaelic: Disathairne (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: субота f

  Roman: subota (sh) f

• Seychellois Creole: mardi
• Shona: Chitanhatu
• Sicilian: sàbbatu (scn), sàbbitu (scn), sabbatudìa (scn)
• Sindhi : ڇَنڇَرُ‎ (sd), شَنسچَرُ‎
• Sinhalese: සෙනසුරාදා (si) (senasurādā)
• Skolt Sami: sueʹvet
• Slovak: sobota (sk) f
• Slovene: sobóta (sl) f
• Somali: Sabti
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: sobota f

  Upper Sorbian: sobota f

• Sotho: Moqebele
• Spanish: sábado (es) m
• Svan: საფტინ (sapṭin)
• Swahili: Jumamosi
• Swazi: úm-gcibélo
• Swedish: lördag (sv) c
• Tabasaran: киш (kiš)
• Tagalog: Sabado, sabado
• Tahitian: mahama maa
• Tajik: шанбе (tg) (šanbe)
• Taos: sóbolu
• Tarantino: sàbbete
• Tatar: шимбә (tt) (şimbä)
• Tausug: Sabtuꞌ
• Tetum: loron-sábadu
• Thai: วันเสาร์ (th) (wan sǎo), เสาร์ (th) (sǎo)
• Tibetan: གཟའ་སྤེན་པ (gza’ spen pa)
• Tigrinya: ቀዳም (ti) (ḳädam)
• Tok Pisin: Sarere
• Tongan: Tokonaki
• Tswana: Matlhatso (tn)
• Turkish: cumartesi (tr)
• Turkmen: şenbe, ruhgün
• Udmurt: кӧснунал (kösnunal)
• Ukrainian: субо́та (uk) f (subóta)
• Urdu: ہَفْتَہ‎ (ur) m (hafta), سَنِیچَر‎ m (sanīcar) (India), شَن٘بَہ‎‎ m (śaṉba) (rare)
• Uyghur: شەنبە‎ (ug) (shenbe)
• Uzbek: shanba (uz)
• Venetian: sabo (vec) m
• Vietnamese: thứ bảy (vi)
• Volapük: zädel (vo), velüdel
• Walloon: semdi (wa)
• Welsh: dydd Sadwrn (cy) m
• West Frisian: sneon (fy), saterdei (fy)
• Winnebago: Hąąp Hoinįge, Waruwįhąąp
• Wolof: Gaawu
• Xhosa: uMgqibelo
• Yakan: Sabtuꞌ
• Yakut: субуота (subuota)
• Yiddish: שבת‎ (yi) m (shabes)
• Yup’ik: Maqineq
• Zaghawa: sabit
• Zazaki: şeme (diq)
• Zulu: uMgqibelo