Monday is блыщхьэ in Kabardian and блыпэ in Adyghe; Sunday is тхьэмахуэ and тхьаумаф. All seven days are in the table below, with audio.
Circassian has two written standards, Kabardian (East Circassian) and Adyghe (West Circassian), and each names the days in its own way. Some names are close, like Tuesday, гъубж and гъубдж; others are different words, like Friday, мэрем and бэрэскэшху. Here are all seven as the Circassian app teaches them in the “Telling Time” unit of its two courses.
Every word here is a word the app teaches, checked against a second source: the Kabardian–Russian dictionary (Apazhev and Kokov, 2008), the app’s Adyghe dictionary, the app’s audio course (its scripts were reviewed by a native speaker of each dialect) or the Kabardian and Adyghe Wikipedias. A word that could not be checked this way is not on the page.
The days of the week in Kabardian and Adyghe
Kabardian (East Circassian) is on the left, Adyghe (West Circassian) on the right. Tap the speaker button to hear a word: the audio is the app’s own, the same as in its lessons. The Latin line under each word is the app’s spelling.
| In English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | блыщхьэblyshchkh'e | блыпэbləpe |
| Tuesday | гъубжghubzh | гъубджghubj |
| Wednesday | бэрэжьейberezh'ey | бэрэскэжъыйbereskezzhhəy |
| Thursday | махуэкуmakhweku | мэфэкуmefeku |
| Friday | мэремmerem | бэрэскэшхуbereskeshkhu |
| Saturday | щэбэтshchebet | шэмбэтshembet |
| Sunday | тхьэмахуэtkh'emakhwe | тхьаумафthawmaf |
The words on this page are from the “Telling Time” unit (Section 3, Actions & Time) in the Circassian app’s Kabardian and Adyghe courses. The lessons teach them with audio and short quizzes, and bring back the ones you miss sooner.
In a sentence
These sentences are from the app’s audio course, with the course’s own translation. Its scripts were reviewed by a native speaker of each dialect.
Today is Monday
Tomorrow is Wednesday
Today is Sunday
I like Friday
Good to know
Monday: “seven” and “beginning”. The Kabardian Wikipedia’s article on the calendar explains блыщхьэ as блы, “seven”, plus щхьэ, which it glosses as “beginning”, and Adyghe блыпэ the same way, with пэ for “beginning”. The same article says that Circassians in Syria, Jordan and Turkey say блыпэ.
Sunday is also “week”. The Kabardian word for Sunday, тхьэмахуэ, has a second meaning, “week”, as the same article notes.
Wednesday and the elder tree. In the Kabardian–Russian dictionary, бэрэжьей is both Wednesday and the elder plant, in two entries on the same page (p. 36).
Test yourself
Five questions with this page’s words. Pick a dialect, then choose the right word.
The quiz needs JavaScript.
In the app, questions like these are in every lesson, and the words you get wrong come back for review sooner.
More Circassian words by topic
Questions
How do you say Monday in Circassian?
In Kabardian, Monday is блыщхьэ; in Adyghe, it is блыпэ. “Today is Monday” is Нобэ блыщхьэщ. in Kabardian and Непэ блыпэ. in Adyghe.
What are the days of the week in Kabardian?
From Monday: блыщхьэ (Monday), гъубж (Tuesday), бэрэжьей (Wednesday), махуэку (Thursday), мэрем (Friday), щэбэт (Saturday), тхьэмахуэ (Sunday).
What are the days of the week in Adyghe?
From Monday: блыпэ (Monday), гъубдж (Tuesday), бэрэскэжъый (Wednesday), мэфэку (Thursday), бэрэскэшху (Friday), шэмбэт (Saturday), тхьаумаф (Sunday).
How do you say “today” and “tomorrow”?
“Today” is нобэ in Kabardian and непэ in Adyghe; “tomorrow” is пщэдей and неущ.
Free on iPhone & Android
Learn Circassian a few minutes a day
Pick Kabardian or Adyghe and learn everyday words with audio, quizzes and review.
4.9 on the App Store 50,000+ people in 100+ countries
Sources
- Circassian App lessons, Kabardian and Adyghe courses (October 2026), units: Telling Time.
- Circassian App audio course (Beginner), Kabardian lessons 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23 and 24; Adyghe lessons 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Each lesson’s script was reviewed by a native speaker of its dialect before the course was recorded; the translations are the course’s own.
- M.L. Apazhev, Dzh.N. Kokov, Kabardino-cherkessko-russky slovar (Kabardino-Cherkess–Russian Dictionary), Nalchik: Elbrus, 2008, the Kabardian dictionary in the app’s Translate screen: блыщхьэ (p. 49), гъубж (p. 82), бэрэжьей (p. 36), махуэку (p. 317), мэрем (p. 321).
- Adyghe dictionary in the app’s Translate screen (3,499 entries, from dovlet.info): блыпэ, гъубдж, бэрэскэжъый, мэфэку, бэрэскэшху, шэмбэт, тхьаумаф.
- Kabardian Wikipedia, «Махуэ Гъэпс» (the days of the week; revision of 16 October 2023): блыщхьэ and блыпэ, the Syria, Jordan and Turkey usage, тхьэмахуэ as “week”.
Learn Circassian in a few minutes a day
Short lessons in Kabardian or Adyghe. Hear how the words sound, learn to read the alphabet, then practice with an AI tutor who replies in Circassian.
Download free50,000+ people in 100+ countries
