terakkiyat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترقیات‎, from Arabic تَرَقِّيَات‎ (taraqqiyāt), plural of تَرَقٍّ‎ (taraqqin), verbal noun of تَرَقَّى‎ (taraqqā, “to progress”). Terakki comes from the singular.

Noun

terakkiyat (definite accusative terakkiyatı, uncountable) (archaic)

  1. advances, progress, improvements

References
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ترقیات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 535
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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