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) advances, progress, improvements === References === Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ترقیات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 535 Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN