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