Definition
A bittersweet feeling when you remember the past with both happiness and sadness. It’s a longing for times, places, or experiences that are gone.
Etymology
Coined in the 1600s from Greek “nostos” (return home) + “algos” (pain), originally used as a medical term for homesickness. It later broadened to mean emotional longing for any past time, not just home.
Kelly Says
Nostalgia was once treated like an illness that could physically weaken people far from home. Today we see it as a normal emotion—and even use nostalgic feelings in movies, music, and advertising to comfort and connect people.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
ARالعربية
الاشتياق
al-ish-ta-qiq
BNবাংলা
বাস্তবিক
baasht-bik
CACatalà
nostalgia
no-stal-gee-ah
CSČeština
nostalgie
no-stal-zhee
DADansk
nostalgi
no-stal-gee
DEDeutsch
Nostalgie
no-stal-gee
ELΕλληνικά
νοσταλγία
no-stal-jee-ah
ESEspañol
nostalgia
no-stal-jee-ah
FISuomi
nostalgia
no-stal-gee-ah
FRFrançais
nostalgie
no-stal-zhee
GUGU
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
HAHA
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
HEעברית
הノסטלגיה
ha-no-stal-gee-ah
HIहिन्दी
यादगार
yaad-gaar
HUMagyar
nostalgia
no-stal-gee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
nostalgia
no-stal-zhee-ah
IGIG
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
ITItaliano
nostalgia
no-stal-jee-ah
JA日本語
懐かしさ
na-i-ka-shi-sa
KKKK
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
KMKM
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
MRMR
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
MSBahasa Melayu
nostalgia
no-stal-zhee-ah
MYမြန်မာ
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
NLNederlands
nostalgie
no-stal-zhee
NONorsk
nostalgi
no-stal-gee
PAPA
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
PLPolski
nostalgia
no-stal-zhee-ah
PTPortuguês
nostalgia
no-stal-zhee-ah
RORomână
nostalgia
no-stal-zhee-ah
RUРусский
ностальгия
no-stal-gee-ya
SVSvenska
nostalgi
no-stal-gee
SWKiswahili
nostalgia
no-stal-zhee-ah
TAதமிழ்
கிளர்ச்சி
klir-chi
TEతెలుగు
పురాతనం
pu-ra-ta-nam
THไทย
ความคิดถึง
kwan-khit-teung
TLTL
nostalgia
no-stal-zhee-ah
TRTürkçe
nostalji
no-stal-jee
UKУкраїнська
ностальгія
no-stal-gee-ya
URاردو
نوستالجی
no-stal-jee
VITiếng Việt
nostalgia
no-stal-zhee-ah
YOYO
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah
ZUZU
Nostalgia
No-stal-jee-ah