Khayyám

[ kahy-yahm, -yam ]

noun

1. Omar. Omar Khayyám.

Khayyám

/ kaɪˈɑːm /

noun

1. KhayyámOmar See Omar Khayyám

Example Sentences

Thursday’s launch comes after Russia put into orbit the Iranian Khayyam satellite in 2022.

From Seattle Times

He keeps a two-room Soviet-era studio off Dushanbe’s Omar Khayyam Street, where skyscrapers look down on the intimate gardens and walled labyrinths of a mahalla.

From New York Times

In another, students streamed through Khayyam University in the conservative city of Mashhad, shouting, “Sharif University has become a jail! Evin Prison has become a university!” — referring to Iran’s notorious prison in Tehran.

From Seattle Times

In June Tehran had launched a solid-fuel rocket into space and in August a Russian rocket successfully launched an Iranian Khayyam satellite into orbit.

From Seattle Times

It’s named after Omar Khayyam, a Persian scientist who lived in the 11th and 12th centuries.

From Seattle Times