nachas

Nachas is a Yiddish word meaning that you are happy and proud, especially of someone's accomplishments.

(noun)

An example of nachas is what you feel when you watch your children graduate from college.

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See nachas in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or naches

noun

pleasurable pride, esp. in another's achievements

Origin: Yiddish nakhes < Heb nachat, a calmness, repose < nach, to rest

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