สงกรานต์

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Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संक्रान्ति (saṃkrānti, “the passage of a planet from one position to another”). Compare Khmer សង្ក្រាន្ត (sɑngkraan); Khün ᩈᩘᨠᩕᩣ᩠ᨶ; Lü ᦉᧂᦃᦱᧃ (ṡangẋaan).

Pronunciation

Orthographicสงกรานต์
s ŋ k r ā n t ʻ
Phonemic
สง-กฺราน
s ŋ – k ̥ r ā n
RomanizationPaiboonsǒng-graan
Royal Institutesong-kran
(standard) IPA(key)/soŋ˩˩˦.kraːn˧/(R)

Noun

สงกรานต์ • (sǒng-graan)

  1. (archaic) the passage of a planet from one position to another.
  2. (zoology) any of various sea worms that reproduce around the Songkran festival, such as those of the family Phyllodocidae.

Proper noun

สงกรานต์ • (sǒng-graan)

  1. Songkran, the New Year festival under the lunar calendar, observed in some Asian countries. In Thailand, the festival lasts three days: 13 April, called วันมหาสงกรานต์ (wan-má-hǎa-sǒng-graan), 14 April, called วันเนา (wan-nao), and 15 April, called วันเถลิงศก (wan-tà-lə̌əng-sòk), on which the new year commences.

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