Etymology

Akademi

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Today it means: (an) Academy, a specific society of scholars or artists. Full definition →

English academy ← Hindi अकादमी ← or ଅକାଦମୀ
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The story

  1. Punjabi · borrowed fromਅਕਾਦਮੀ
  2. or · borrowed fromଅକାଦମୀ
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromअकादमी
  4. English · borrowed fromacademy
  5. English todayAkademi

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).

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