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archaeologicals:

a collection of words: joy/bliss

• anand (آنَنْد) (Urdu, n.): bliss, lasting contentment.
  
• ananda (आनन्द) (Sanskrit, n.): bliss, lasting contentment.
  
• bilita mpash (Bantu, n.): a beautiful, blissful dream (the direct opposite of a nightmare).
  
• eudaimonia (ευδαιμονία) (Greek, n.): lit. ‘good spirit’; fulfillment, flourishing, being infused with divine grace.
  
• farhat (فَرْحَت) (Urdu, n.): joy, delight.
  
• harikoa (Māori, n.): joyful, euphoric, delighted, exuberant, elated, thrilled, ecstatic, jubilant.
  
• harsha (हर्श) (Sanskrit, n.): joy, delight or excitement associated with some external event.
  
• herrliches gefühle (German, n.): glorious feelings.
  
• jouissance (French, n.): physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.
  
• masarrat (مَسَرَّت) (Urdu, n.): joy, delight.
  
• sarshaarii (سرشاری) (Urdu, n.): bliss, lasting contentment.
  
• santosha (संतोष) (Sanskrit, n.): contentment arising from personal interaction.
  
• sazaadat (سعادت) (Urdu, n.): prosperity, felicity.
  
• simcha (שמחה) (Hebrew, n.): bliss, contentment.
  
• suaimhneas croi (Gaelic, n.): happiness / contentment on finishing a task.
  
• tarab (طرب) (Arabic, n.): musically-induced ecstasy or enchantment.
  
• xushii (خُوشی) (Urdu, n.): felicity, prosperity.