Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The
[ roo-bahy-yaht, -bee- ]
/ ˈru baɪˌyɑt, -bi- /
noun
a free translation (first published in 1859) by Edward FitzGerald of a group of quatrains by the Persian poet Omar Khayyám.
Origin of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The
Rubáiyát < Persian < Arabic, feminine plural of
rubāʿī quatrain