köken: 16th century, borrowed along the Lower Rhine from Dutch loterye, lottrie (modern loterij), from Middle Dutch loterye (mid-15th c.), derived from lot, which is related with German Los. The Dutch word originated from the bilingual contact zones of Flanders and may be a Frenchified form of earlier Middle Dutch lotinghe (German Losung). Compare French loterie (16th c.).
lottery, sweepstake (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance) · lottery (something decided by chance)
çekim: çoğul loterie · tamlayan loterii
eş: gra liczbowa, totolotek, loteryjka, los
köken: Internationalism; compare English lottery, French loterie, German Lotterie. Ultimately, from Italian lotteria. By surface analysis, lotto + -eria.
lottery, draw, raffle · An activity in which the participants pay a fee and by that obtain a partially or fully random possibility to win a prize of monetary value.
çekim: çoğul arpajaisten · tamlayan arpajaisten
köken: arpa + -iainen. Coined by Finnish teacher and linguist Gustaf Erik Eurén in 1860.