The Sanskrit term Śukravāra can be transliterated into English as Sukravara or Shukravara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jyotiṣa

Śukravāra (शुक्रवार) refers to “friday”. The corresponding planet is śukra (venus; literal translation: ‘bright’, ‘clear’, ‘white’, etc.). It is one of the seven days of the week (vāra). The term is used throughout Jyotiṣa literature.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Edition

Śukravāra (शुक्रवार) refers to “Friday” and represents the first “day of the week” (vāra).—In accordance with the day of the week, one would utter, for example, śukravāra-vārānvitāyāṃ.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Śukravāra (शुक्रवार) or Śukravārotsava refers to the “friday-festival for Lakṣmī”, as discussed in chapter 49 of the Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.—[Cf. the chapter kalhārotsava-ādi-śukravārotsava-anta-vidhi]: [...] In the month of kanyā, from the first to the ninth day of the bright fortnight, Lakṣmī is honored with procession, etc., culminating in a special pūjā on the ninth evening. This is to be done in addition to the regular honor afforded her in the temple every Friday night [e.g., śukravāra-utsava] (47b-65).

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śukravāra (शुक्रवार).—m (S Day of Venus.) Friday.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śukravāra (शुक्रवार).—m Friday.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śukravāra (शुक्रवार).—Friday.

Derivable forms: śukravāraḥ (शुक्रवारः).

Śukravāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śukra and vāra (वार). See also (synonyms): śukravāsara.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śukravāra (शुक्रवार).—m.

(-raḥ) Friday. E. śukra Sukra, the regent of Venus, or the planet, vāra a day.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śukravāra (शुक्रवार):—[=śukra-vāra] [from śukra] m. Venus' day, Friday, [Sūryasiddhānta; Inscriptions]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śukravāra (शुक्रवार):—[śukra-vāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Friday.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shukravara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śukravāra (ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ):—[noun] the sixth day of the week; Friday.

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Sukravāra (ಸುಕ್ರವಾರ):—[noun] (correctly, ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ [shukravara]) the sixth day of the week; Friday.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Śukravāra (शुक्रवार):—n. Friday;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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