Songkran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The traditional New Year celebrated in several Southeast Asian countries when the sun enters the constellation of Aries.

Word forms

Songkran

Etymology

From Thai สงกรานต์ (sǒng-graan), from Sanskrit सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti, “transmigration of the Sun from one sign of the zodiac (Rāshi) to the next”).

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