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rubáiyát

/ ˈruːbaɪˌjæt /

noun

  1. prosody (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rubáiyát1

C19: from Arabic rubā'īyah , from rubā'īy consisting of four elements

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