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Omar Khayyám
O·mar Khay·yám
/
ˈoʊ
mɑr kaɪˈyɑm, -ˈyæm, ˈoʊ
mər
/
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[
oh
-mahr kahy-
yahm
, -
yam
,
oh
-mer
]
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noun
died 1123?,
Persian poet and mathematician.
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Khay·yám
/
kaɪˈyɑm, -ˈyæm
/
Show Spelled
[
kahy-
yahm
, -
yam
]
Show IPA
noun
Omar,
Omar Khayyám
.
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Khayyám
(kaɪˈɑːm)
—
n
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Omar Khayyám
Omar Khayyám
(ˈəʊmɑː kaɪˈɑːm)
—
n
?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)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Cultural Dictionary
Omar Khayyam
[(
oh
-mahr keye-
ahm
, keye-
am
)]
A twelfth-century Persian poet; author of the “
Rubáiyát
.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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