Akademi

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Essentially a re-borrowing of English academy through the phonetic/orthographic systems of Indian languages.

Proper noun[edit]

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.