No. 2,176 in Turkish
ligi
"Ligi" in Turkish means "the league."
In a sentence
Bu yıl futbol ligi çok zorlu geçti.
This year, the football league was very challenging.
Here, 'ligi' refers to a competition series within the sport context, as 'football league' in English.
Kitapları kategorilerine göre bir ligi oluşturduk.
We created a league based on the categories of the books.
In this usage, 'ligi' metaphorically represents a classification or grouping system, adapting the league concept to books' categorization.
Yazarların başarılarını değerlendiren bir ligi kurduk.
We established a league to evaluate the authors' achievements.
'Ligi' here pertains to a system or scale for assessing achievements, metaphorical use aligned with grading or ranking authors.
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