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by sk0g 959 days ago
Similar for Georgian, Monday through to Thursday are named roughly "two-Sabbath" to "five-Sabbath", with Saturday being Sabbath of course. Not sure why those numbers, but I assumed it was because it was the number of days past Saturday?

Friday and Sunday get different names, unrelated to Sabbath as far as I can tell -- paraskevi and kvira.
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stavros 959 days ago
Ahh Paraskevi is the Greek name as well! It means "preparation" or "manufacturing".
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sk0g 959 days ago
Oh nice, the more you know! Kvira probably refers to the same word meaning "week", but seems like there's theories it could derive from Greek mythology as well.

Lots of influence from Greek culture in Georgia for sure. For a fun fact, the Georgian for "Greece" is saberdzneti -- the land of the wise. Berdzeni itself means wise (as well as Greek), but I'm not certain if it's derived from an alternative historical name for the Greek.

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