Rubaiyat Definition

ro͝obē-ät, -bī-
rubaiyat
noun
A traditional Persian verse form consisting of a collection of quatrains, typically rhyming aaba.
American Heritage

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

Webster's New World

Origin of Rubaiyat

  • From Persian rubā’iyyāt Arabizing pl. of rubā‘ī quatrain from Arabic fourfold, quatrain from Arabic rubā‘ by fours, four by four rbʕ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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