gy , ▁Th urs day ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁in ▁Latin ▁as ▁fer ia ▁qu inta . ▁Portuguese , ▁unlike ▁other ▁Rom ance ▁languages , ▁uses ▁the ▁word ▁qu inta - fe ira , ▁meaning ▁" fif th ▁day ▁of ▁lit urg ical ▁celebr ation ", ▁that ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁fer ia ▁qu inta ▁used ▁in ▁religious ▁texts ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁consec rate ▁days ▁to ▁pag an ▁gods . ▁ ▁I cel and ic ▁also ▁uses ▁the ▁term ▁fifth ▁day ▁( F im mt ud ag ur ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁language , ▁Th urs day ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁pan j - sh an be h , ▁meaning ▁ 5 th ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁week . ▁ ▁Vietnam ese ▁refers ▁to ▁Th urs day ▁as ▁ ▁( liter ally ▁means ▁" day ▁five "). ▁ ▁Qu akers ▁tradition ally ▁referred ▁to ▁Th urs day ▁as ▁" F if th ▁Day " ▁es ch ew ing ▁the ▁pag an ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁name ▁" Th urs day ". ▁ ▁Cultural ▁and ▁religious ▁practices ▁ ▁Christian ▁hol id ays ▁In ▁the ▁Christian ▁tradition , ▁Mau nd y ▁Th urs day ▁or ▁Holy ▁Th urs day ▁is ▁the ▁Th urs day ▁before ▁E aster ▁— ▁the ▁day ▁on ▁which ▁the ▁Last ▁Su pper ▁occurred . ▁ ▁Also ▁known ▁as ▁She er ▁Th urs day ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁it ▁is ▁tradition ally ▁a ▁day ▁of ▁clean ing ▁and ▁giving ▁out ▁Mau nd y ▁money ▁there . ▁ ▁Holy