rubáiyát

/ ˈruːbaɪˌjæt /

noun

1. prosody (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubáiyát¹

C19: from Arabic rubā'īyah , from rubā'īy consisting of four elements

Example Sentences

After the case gained publicity months later, a man turned in a classic book of Persian poetry, “Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam,” that he said he found in his car, its last page torn out and letters scribbled on its back cover.

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She agrees to teach a Sunday school class in exchange for a copy of Omar Khayyám’s “Rubaiyat.”

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While Sangorski had bound some versions of the renowned Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám before, the master craftsman said that this time he wanted to create a work featuring three peacocks he would surround with jewelled decoration "such as had never been seen before".

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The jewel-encrusted edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám was taken aboard the RMS Titanic and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, exactly 110 years ago.

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Most of these cultivars, such as the Niedswetzkyana, Almata and Rubaiyat apples, are predominantly found throughout Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and other parts of Central Asia.

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