transcription, транскрипция: [ nä-ˈstal-jə, nə- also ]
nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, Old English ge nesan to survive, Sanskrit nasate he approaches
Date: 1756
1. : the state of being homesick : homesickness
2. : a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition ; also : something that evokes nostalgia
• nos·tal·gic -jik adjective or noun
• nos·tal·gi·cal·ly -ji-k(ə-)lē adverb
• nos·tal·gist -jist noun