Akademi en · PROPN
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) and Punjabi ਅਕਾਦਮੀ (akādmī).
Meanings
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(India, qualifier:chiefly compounds, uncountable) (an) Academy, a specific society of scholars or artists.
R. K. Narayan was the first Sahitya Akademi Award winner.