Etymology

Songkran

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Today it means: The traditional New Year celebrated in several Southeast Asian countries when the sun enters the constellation of Aries. Full definition →

Thai สงกรานต์ ← Sanskrit सङ्क्रान्ति
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromसङ्क्रान्ति“transmigration of the Sun from one sign of the zodiac (Rāshi) to the next”
  2. Thai · borrowed fromสงกรานต์
  3. English todaySongkran

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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