Akademi

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Akademi

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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) and Punjabi ਅਕਾਦਮੀ (akādmī).

proper noun

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

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"Akademi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/akademi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Akademi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/akademi

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"Akademi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/akademi.

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@misc{akademi_2026,
  title = {Akademi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/akademi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}