rubáiyát
/ (ˈruːbaɪˌjæt) /
noun
prosody (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
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Word Origin for rubáiyát
C19: from Arabic rubā'īyah, from rubā'īy consisting of four elements
Words nearby rubáiyát
Ruanda, Ruanda-Urundi, rub, rubaboo, rub-a-dub, rubáiyát, Rubaiyat stanza, Rubʿ al Khali, rub along, Rubarth's disease, rubasse
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