Akademi
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 (an) Academy, a specific society of scholars or artists India, uncountable
"R. K. Narayan was the first Sahitya Akademi Award winner."
Example
More examples"R. K. Narayan was the first Sahitya Akademi Award winner."
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).
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