उन्नति (unnti)

noun A single-sense formal/literary noun meaning progress or advancement, used mainly for careers, nations, or personal development (unnti).
Sense 1 : progress, advancement, development
noun, feminine
Synonyms: तरक्की (tarakkii), प्रगति (pragti), विकास (vikaas)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is the word you will see on school certificates, in speeches by netas (netaa, politicians) talking about desh kii unnati (desh kii unnti, 'the nation's progress'), and in the classic blessing unnati karo (unnti karo, 'may you progress/prosper'). It carries a slightly more formal, almost aspirational weight than its everyday cousin तरक्की (tarakkii), which you would use casually about a job promotion or a friend doing well in business.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for तरक्की (tarakkii) in speech and उन्नति (unnti) in writing or formal contexts (like a school report or a speech) without realizing the two are near-interchangeable in meaning but differ in register. 2) उन्नति (unnti) pairs naturally with करना (karnaa) as उन्नति करना (unnti karnaa, 'to make progress') -- learners sometimes try होना (honaa) alone where the करना (karnaa) construction is more idiomatic for 'making progress.'
Sample Sentences:
हमें देश की उन्नति के लिए मिलकर काम करना चाहिए। We should work together for the progress of the nation.
(hamen desh kii unnti ke lie milkar kaam karnaa chaahie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
भगवान करे, तुम्हारी उन्नति हो। God grant that you may prosper.
(bhagvaan kare, tumhaarii unnti ho।)
Register: Devotional -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
उन्नति करो, बेटा, यही मेरी दुआ है। May you progress and prosper, son, that is my blessing.
(unnti karo, betaa, yahii merii duaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
पिछले दशक में देश की आर्थिक उन्नति काफी तेज़ी से हुई है। The country's economic progress has happened quite rapidly in the last decade.
(pichhle dashak men desh kii aarthik unnti kaaphii tezii se huii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
नेता जी अपने भाषण में हमेशा देश की उन्नति की बात करते हैं। The leader always talks about the nation's progress in his speeches.
(netaa jii apne bhaashan men hameshaa desh kii unnti kii baat karte hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर शिक्षा पर ध्यान न दिया जाता तो समाज की उन्नति रुक जाती। If attention had not been paid to education, society's progress would have stopped.
(agar shikshaa par dhyaan n diyaa jaataa to samaaj kii unnti ruk jaatii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Passive
विज्ञान और तकनीक के क्षेत्र में उन्नति निरंतर हो रही है। Progress is continuously happening in the field of science and technology.
(vigyaan aur takniik ke kshetr men unnti nirantar ho rahii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उन्नति के मार्ग पर चलने के लिए धैर्य और मेहनत दोनों ज़रूरी हैं। Both patience and hard work are necessary to walk the path of progress.
(unnti ke maarg par chalne ke lie dhairy aur mehnat donon zaroorii hain।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या यह योजना वास्तव में गाँव की उन्नति में सहायक होगी? Will this scheme really be helpful in the village's progress?
(kyaa yah yojnaa vaastav men gaanv kii unnti men sahaayak hogii?)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
शिक्षा मंत्रालय ने राज्य की उन्नति के लिए नई नीति बनाई है। The education ministry has made a new policy for the state's progress.
(shikshaa mantraalay ne raajy kii unnti ke lie naii niiti banaaii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): उन्नति (unnti)
(sg.f.oblique): उन्नति (unnti)
(pl.f.direct): उन्नतिएँ (unntien)
(pl.f.oblique): उन्नतिओं (unntion)