κλῆρος

Etymology

 * Traditionally, from, from . Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, and maybe 🇨🇬. Compare and , which may or may not be derived from the same root.
 * An alternative etymology links 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from, assuming the original meaning of the Greek word was “piece of wood for casting lots”. For this, the PIE root may be , if not identical to the above.
 * Beekes doubts these etymologies on purely semantic grounds and suggests a origin.
 * Beekes doubts these etymologies on purely semantic grounds and suggests a origin.

Noun

 * 1) A lot
 * 2) That which is assigned by lot, an allotment
 * 3) A farm
 * 4) An inheritance
 * 5) The clergy