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Definition of: rubaiyat
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′bī·yät, -bē-) noun plural
1. In Persian poetry, four-lined stanzas; quatrains.
2. Hence, Rubáiyát, a poem by Omar Khayyám and an English translation of it by Edward FitzGerald. [<Arabic rubā‘īyāt, plural of rubā‘īyah quatrain, fem. of rubā‘i fourfold <rubā four]
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