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Omar Khayyám

[ oh-mahr kahy-yahm, -yam, oh-mer ]
/ ˈoʊ mɑr kaɪˈyɑm, -ˈyæm, ˈoʊ mər /

noun

died 1123?, Persian poet and mathematician.

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Definition for omar khayyám (2 of 2)

Khayyám

[ kahy-yahm, -yam ]
/ kaɪˈyɑm, -ˈyæm /

noun

Omar. Omar Khayyám.
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British Dictionary definitions for omar khayyám (1 of 2)

Omar Khayyám

/ (ˈəʊmɑː kaɪˈɑːm) /

noun

?1050–?1123, Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer, noted for the Rubáiyát, a collection of quatrains, popularized in the West by Edward Fitzgerald's version (1859)

British Dictionary definitions for omar khayyám (2 of 2)

Khayyám

/ (kaɪˈɑːm) /

noun

See Omar Khayyám
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Culture definitions for omar khayyám

Omar Khayyam

[ (oh-mahr keye-ahm, keye-am) ]

A twelfth-century Persian poet; author of the “Rubáiyát.”

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