🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

शैक्षणिक

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shaikshanik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Academic/ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"इस विश्वविद्यालय के शैक्षणिक मानक असाधारण रूप से उच्च हैं।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to education, especially at college or university level.

    "The academic standards at this university are exceptionally high."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who teaches or does research at an institution of higher learning.

    "She is a respected academic in the field of environmental science."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'academic' originates from the Latin 'academicus', which comes from the Greek 'akadēmeia', referring to the school of philosophy founded by Plato in a grove near Athens. Over time, it evolved to denote anything related to education, scholarship, or institutions of higher learning.

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