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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The

[ roo-bahy-yaht, -bee- ]

noun

  1. a free translation (first published in 1859) by Edward FitzGerald of a group of quatrains by the Persian poet Omar Khayyám.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The1

Rubáiyát < Persian < Arabic, feminine plural of rubāʿī quatrain

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“The Rubáiyát”salt of the earth, the