Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poush sankranti

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poush sankran-ti
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Bengali harvest festival, observed in 14 January (29 Poush), marking the first day of the Sun's transit into Capricorn.

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali পৌষ সংক্রান্তি (pōuś śoṅkranti).

Inflected Forms

Poush Sankrantis (plural)

Questions

What does poush sankranti mean?: A Bengali harvest festival, observed in 14 January (29 Poush), marking the first day of the Sun's transit into Capricorn.
Where does poush sankranti come from?: Borrowed from Bengali পৌষ সংক্রান্তি (pōuś śoṅkranti).

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