Songkran
Meanings
name
- The traditional New Year celebrated in several Southeast Asian countries when the sun enters the constellation of Aries.
Word forms
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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