Thai

Noun

สงกรานต์ • ‎(sǒng-graan)

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