ترقی

See also: ترقى and ترقي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَقٍّ (taraqqin).

Noun

ترقی • (terakki)

1. progress

Descendants

• Turkish: terakki
• Crimean Tatar: teraqqiy

References

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

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic تَرَقَّى (taraqqā)

Arabic تَرَقٍّ (taraqqin)bor.

Persian ترقی

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
Dari 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

Etymology tree

Arabic تَرَقَّى (taraqqā)

Arabic تَرَقٍّ (taraqqin)bor.

Classical Persian تَرَقِّی (taraqqī)bor.

Urdu تَرَقّی (taraqqī)

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَرَقِّی (taraqqī), borrowed from Arabic تَرَقٍّ (taraqqin), from تَرَقَّى (taraqqā).

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)	تَرَقِّیاں (taraqqiyā̃)
oblique	تَرَقّی (taraqqī)	تَرَقِّیوں (taraqqiyō̃)
vocative	تَرَقّی (taraqqī)	تَرَقِّیو (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.