Songkran

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Songkran

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

Translations

Translations

• Assamese: বিহু (bihu)
• Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ (pohela bōiśakh), বাংলা নববর্ষ (baṅla nobborśo)
• Burmese: သင်္ကြန် (my) (sangkran)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 潑水節／泼水节 (put³ seoi² zit³), 宋干節／宋干节 (sung³ gon¹ zit³)

  Mandarin: 潑水節／泼水节 (zh) (Pōshuǐjié), 宋干節／宋干节 (Sònggānjié)

• Finnish: songkran
• Khmer: បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី (bonyɔɔcoulchnamtmii)
• Lao: ສົງການ (song kān), ສົງກຣານ (song ka rān), ປີໃໝ່ (pī mai)
• Lü: ᦉᧂᦃᦱᧃ (ṡangẋaan), ᦔᦲᦺᦖᧈᦺᦑ (ṗiiṁay¹tay)
• Malayalam: വിഷു (ml) (viṣu)
• Nepali: विक्रम सम्वत् (vikram samvat)
• Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Odia: ପଣା ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି (or) (pôṇa sôṅkranti)
• Shan: သၢင်းၵျၢၼ်ႇ (shn) (sáang kjàan)
• Sinhalese: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද (alut awurudda), සිංහල අලුත් අවුරුද්ද (siṁhala alut awurudda)
• Tamil: புத்தாண்டு (ta) (puttāṇṭu)
• Thai: สงกรานต์ (th) (sǒng-graan)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can