You see this yellow flower with very sweet fragrance in the hair of Myanmar girls/ladies during Thingyan
ပိတောက်ပန်း /badau' pan:/ /bədaʊʔ pá̃/
The Celestial King believed to descend to the earth during Thingyan to document good deeds or wrong deeds of people
သိကြားမင်း /dha gja: min:/ /ðə ʤá mí̃/
The bulletin of the transition period (Thingyan) predicting the events of the next year
သင်္ကြန်စာ /thin: (dha) gjan za/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ zà/
How you refer to the action of “passing over into the new year”
အတာကူး /a ta ku:/ /ətà kú/
A group performance with satirical lyrics that criticize the wrong deeds of the society
သင်္ကြန် သံချပ် /thin: (dha) gjan than gja'/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ θà̃ ʤaʔ/
It is specially prepared with the fragrance of beeswax as a special meal for Thingyan
သင်္ကြန်ထမင်း /thin: (dha) gjan hta min:/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ tʰəmí̃/
This fresh shower usually comes around the period of Thingyan
သင်္ကြန် လက်ဆေးမိုး/thin: (dha) gjan le' hsei: mou:/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ leʔ sʰé mó/
A famous Thingyan snack which is named after the floating rice balls/dumplings
မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ် /moun. loun: jei bo/ /mo̰ʊ̃ lóʊ̃ yèi bɔ̀/
How you say “it’s the time of Thingyan!”
သင်္ကြန်ကျ /thin: (dha) gjan kja/. /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ ʧa̰/
The water station where the hosts throw water at the people or cars passing by
ရေပက် မဏ္ဍပ် /jei pe’ man: da'/ /yè peʔ má̃ daʔ/
The ritual pot to welcome Thingyan with seven types of flowers that denote the seven days of the week
အတာအိုး /a ta ou:/ /ətà ó/
A maiden who performs on a Thingyan stage or who actively participates in the festival
သင်္ကြန်မယ် /thin: (dha) gjan me/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ mἑ/
The decorated float usually with the musical performance on it
အလှပြကား /ahla. pja. Ka:/ /ə əl̥a̰ pya̰ ká/
A choral dance performed along the drum beats of the special Thingyan music
သင်္ကြန်ယိမ်း /thin: (dha) gjan jein:/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ yéἶ/