तरक़्क़ी

Hindi

Alternative forms

तरक्की (tarakkī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (taraqqī, “growth, rise”), from Arabic تَرَقِّي (taraqqī, “ascent, progress”), from رَقَّى (raqqā, “to lift, to promote”, verb). Cognate with Kannada ತರಕಿ (taraki).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾəq.qiː/, [t̪ɐ.ɾɐq.qiː], /t̪ə.ɾək.kiː/, [t̪ɐ.ɾɐk̚.kiː]

Noun

तरक़्क़ी • (taraqqī) f (Urdu spelling ترقی)

progress, development, ascension

Declension

Declension of *तरक़्क़ी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	तरक़्क़ी taraqqī	तरक़्क़ियाँ taraqqiyā̃
oblique	तरक़्क़ी taraqqī	तरक़्क़ियों taraqqiyõ
vocative	तरक़्क़ी taraqqī	तरक़्क़ियो taraqqiyo

Derived terms

तरक़्क़ी करना (taraqqī karnā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “taraqqī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 440