Minggu

Minggu is a word in Indonesian and Malay with two main related senses concerning time. The primary meaning is a seven-day period or cycle, referred to as a week. In everyday use, it appears in phrases such as "minggu ini" (this week) and "dua minggu" (two weeks), and it can be counted as "satu minggu," "dua minggu," and so on. The term is used across contexts from scheduling to storytelling, and it also appears in expressions for longer time spans like "tiga minggu" or "sebulan" when contrasting durations.

The second meaning of minggu is the name of the day Sunday in the Indonesian and Malay calendars. In this sense, it denotes the seventh day of the week, and people may say "hari Minggu" or simply "Minggu" when referring to Sunday. In most written calendars and everyday speech, the days of the week are listed as Senin, Selasa, Rabu, Kamis, Jumat, Sabtu, and Minggu.

Usage and variation: In both Indonesian and Malay, the concept of minggu underpins the organization of time in work, school, and social life. The term for weekend in common usage is often "akhir pekan" (more formal or modern) or, less commonly, "akhir minggu." The word minggu itself is native to the languages and is widely understood across the Malay-speaking world.

See also: Calendar, Indonesian language, Malay language.