rubaʽi
noun
ru·baʽi
rüˈbäˌē
plural rubaiyat
ˈrübēˌ(y)ät,
-bəˌyät,
-ˌbīˌ(y)ät,
usually -ät+V
also rubais : quatrain
Word History
Etymology
Arabic rubāʽīyah, from rubāʽīy composed of four elements
First Known Use
1789, in the meaning defined above
- albumin
- albumin tannate
- albuminates
- albuminise
- albuminised
- albuminises
- albuminising
- albuminize
- albuminized
- albuminizes
- albuminizing
- albuminoids
- albuminous
- albuminous cell
- albumins
- albuminuria
- albuminurias
- albuminuric
- albumoses
- albums
- Albuquerque
- Albuquerque, de
- albuquerquean
- albuquerqueans
- albuquerques