/ Dictionary / Index R Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The*: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Ru'bái•yát of O'mar Khayyám' The Pronunciation: (r'bī-yät", -bē-), [key] — n. a free translation (first published in 1859) by Edward FitzGerald of a group of quatrains by the Persian poet Omar Khayyám. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. rub-a-dub Rubaiyat stanza Related Content Daily Word Quiz: gregarious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language