Omar Khayyám

[ oh-mahr kahy-yahm, -yam, oh-mer ]

noun

1. died 1123?, Persian poet and mathematician.

Omar Khayyám

/ ˈəʊmɑː kaɪˈɑːm /

noun

1. Omar Khayyám?1050?1123MPersianWRITING: poetSCIENCE: mathematicianSCIENCE: astronomer ?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)

Omar Khayyam

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

Example Sentences

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

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

From Seattle Times

That, more than the quatrains of Omar Khayyam or the gorgeous rugs of Kerman, is the soft power that matters to Tehran.

From Seattle Times

The satellite was named after Omar Khayyam, a renowned Persian scientist and poet.

From New York Times

The satellite launched Tuesday was named after Omar Khayyam, the renowned medieval Persian scientist and poet.

From New York Times