քուեայ

Alternative forms

• քուէ (kʿuē)
• քուայ (kʿuay), քւայ (kʿway), քւեայ (kʿweay), քւէ (kʿwē)

Etymology

Probably from Talmudic Aramaic [script needed] (quwyā, “cube; die”), from Ancient Greek κυβεία (kubeía).

Noun

քուեայ • (kʿueay)

1. cube
2. die (used in divination)
3. knucklebone (used in a game)
4. (post-classical, modern) vote, ball, ballot

   տուփ քուէից ― tupʿ kʿuēicʿ ― urn, ballot-box

   տուփ քուէիւք ― tupʿ kʿuēiwkʿ ― by an unanimous vote

   քուեայ արկանել, տալ ձգել ― kʿueay arkanel, tal jgel ― to vote, to ballot, to come to the vote, to poll

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “քուեայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “քուեայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “քուեայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press