Where does “rubai” come from?

rubai (English) comes from Arabic رُبَاعِيّ, from Arabic أَرْبَعَة — four.

rubai (English): quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or...

Definitions

  1. quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or...

Ancestry of “rubai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicرُبَاعِيّ—
2Arabicأَرْبَعَةfour
Every word from Arabic أَرْبَعَة →Every word from Arabic رُبَاعِيّ →
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