Rubáiyát

(ro̵̅o̅′bī yät′, ro̵̅o̅′bī yät′; -bē-)

noun

a long poem in quatrains (rhyming aaba), written by Omar Khayyám and well known in a free translation by Edward FitzGerald

Origin: Ar, lit., the quatrains < rubā‘īyāt, pl. of rubā‘īya, quatrain, fem. of rubā‘ī, composed of four < arbaʿa, four

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