Songkran

English Etymology From en th สงกรานต์, from en sa सङ्क्रान्ति transmigration of the Sun from one sign of the zodiac (Rāshi) to the next. Proper noun The traditional New Year celebrated in several Southeast Asian countries when the sun enters the constellation of Aries. Translations Assamese: as বিহু Bengali: bn পহেলা বৈশাখ, bn বাংলা নববর্ষ Burmese: my သင်္ကြန် Chinese: Cantonese: yue 潑水節 put3 seoi2 zit3, yue 宋干節 Mandarin: cmn 潑水節 Pōshuǐjié, cmn 宋干節 Finnish: fi songkran Hmong: White Hmong: mww Khmer: km បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី Lao: lo ສົງການ, lo ສົງກຣານ, lo ປີໃໝ່ Lü: khb ᦉᧂᦃᦱᧃ, khb ᦔᦲᦺᦖᧈᦺᦑ Malayalam: ml വിഷു Nepali: ne विक्रम सम्वत् Odia: or ପଣା ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି Shan: shn သၢင်းၵျၢၼ်ႇ Sinhalese: si අලුත් අවුරුද්ද, si සිංහල අලුත් අවුරුද්ද Tamil: ta புத்தாண்டு Thai: th สงกรานต์ Northern Thai: nod Vietnamese: vi Zhuang: za