rubáiyát

/ (ˈruːbaɪˌjæt) /

noun

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

Nearby words

ruby silver, ruby spinel, ruby-crowned kinglet, ruby-tail wasp, ruby-throated hummingbird, rubáiyát, rubáiyát of omar khayyám, the, rubʿ al khali, ruc, ruche, ruched

Word Origin for rubáiyát

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

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