Omar Khayyám

[ oh-mahr kahy-yahm, -yam, oh-mer ]
/ ˈoʊ mɑr kaɪˈyɑm, -ˈyæm, ˈoʊ mər /

noun

died 1123?, Persian poet and mathematician.

Definition for omar khayyám (2 of 2)

Khayyám
[ kahy-yahm, -yam ]
/ kaɪˈyɑm, -ˈyæm /

noun

Omar. Omar Khayyám.

British Dictionary definitions for omar khayyám (1 of 2)

Omar Khayyám
/ (ˈəʊmɑː kaɪˈɑːm) /

noun

?1050–?1123, Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer, noted for the Rubáiyát, a collection of quatrains, popularized in the West by Edward Fitzgerald's version (1859)

British Dictionary definitions for omar khayyám (2 of 2)

Khayyám
/ (kaɪˈɑːm) /

noun

See Omar Khayyám

Cultural definitions for omar khayyám

Omar Khayyam
[ (oh-mahr keye-ahm, keye-am) ]

A twelfth-century Persian poet; author of the “Rubáiyát.”