Akademi

English

Etymology

Essentially a re-borrowing of English academy through the phonetic/orthographic systems of Indian languages (particularly Hindi अकादमी (akādmī), Odia ଅକାଦମୀ (akādami) / ଅକାଦେମି (akādemi) /ଆକାଦେମୀ (ākādemi) akademiand Punjabi ਅਕਾਦਮੀ (akādmī).

Proper noun

Akademi (uncountable)

  1. (India, chiefly compounds) (an) Academy, a specific society of scholars or artists
    R. K. Narayan was the first Sahitya Akademi Award winner.
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