No. 4,175 in Turkish
lira
The Turkish word "lira" refers to the currency of Turkey.
In a sentence
Bugün bir dükkandan yirmi lira karşılığında bir kitap satın aldım.
Today, I bought a book from a store for twenty liras.
Here, 'lira' is used as the name of the currency, similar to 'dollar' or 'euro'.
Liranın değer kaybı son zamanlarda ekonomi üzerinde etkili oldu.
The decrease in the lira's value has recently affected the economy.
In this context, 'lira' represents the national currency unit in terms of its economic value.
Ahmet'ten borç aldığım on lirayı geçende geri verdim.
I returned the ten liras I borrowed from Ahmet the other day.
This use of 'lira' specifies an amount as a unit of money in personal communication.
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