ترقی

See also: ترقى and ترقي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَقٍّ (taraqqin).

Noun

ترقی • (terakki)

1. progress

Descendants

• Turkish: terakki

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “terakki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَقٍّ (taraqqin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ɾaq.qiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäq.qiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäq.qiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäq.qiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäq.qi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹæʁ.ɢiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäq.qi]

Readings
Classical reading?	taraqqī
Iranian reading?	tarağği
Tajik reading?	taraqqi

Noun

تَرَقّی • (taraqqi)

1. progress

Descendants

• → Bengali: তরক্কী (torokki)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: तरक़्क़ी (taraqqī)
  • Urdu: تَرَقّی (taraqqī)
    • → Kannada: ತರಕಿ (taraki)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ترقی (taraqqī), from Arabic تَرَقٍّ (taraqqin).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾəq.qiː/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾɒ.xiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

تَرَقّی • (taraqqī) f (Hindi spelling तरक़्क़ी)

1. progress
2. development

Declension

Declension of ترقی
	singular	plural
direct	تَرَقّی (taraqqī)	تَرَقّیاں (taraqqiyā̃)
oblique	تَرَقّی (taraqqī)	تَرَقّیوں (taraqqiyō̃)
vocative	تَرَقّی (taraqqī)	تَرَقّیو (taraqqiyō)

Descendants

• → Kannada: ತರಕಿ (taraki)

References

• “ترقی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ترقی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.