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rubai

UK/ɹuːˈbʌɪ/US/ɹuˈbaɪ/

rubai noun: a quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.

Noun

rubai (plural rubaiyat or rubais)

  1. A quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.

rubai meaning in Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

rubai in Marathi

A traditional quatrain
रुबई rubaī

rubai in Urdu

rubai
رباعی rubāʿī

rubai in Bengali

rubai; a quatrain in Classical Arabic or Persian poetry
রুবাঈ rubai

Forms of rubai

pluralrubaiyat
pluralrubais
alternative formruba'i
alternative formrubāʿī

Origin of rubai

Borrowed from Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy).

Questions about rubai

What does rubai mean?
Rubai means a quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.
What is rubai in Marathi?
Rubai in Marathi is रुबई (rubaī). See Rubai meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is rubai?
Rubai is a noun.
How do you pronounce rubai?
Rubai is pronounced /ɹuːˈbʌɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of rubai?
The plural of rubai is rubaiyat.

Words near rubai in the dictionary

  1. rubaboo
  2. rubabs
  3. rubace
  4. rubadub
  5. rubadubs
  6. rubai
  7. rubais
  8. rubaiyat
  9. Rubalcaba
  10. Rubalcabas
  11. Rubalcava

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rubai (page history and authors); رباعی (Urdu) (page history and authors); রুবাঈ (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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