What is "rubai"

Rubaiyat \Ru*bai*yat"\, n. pl.; sing. Rubai. [Ar. rub[=a]'iy[=a]h quatrian, pl. of rub[=a]'iy having four radicals, fr. rub[=a]' four.] Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl. construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas.

n. quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry

Rubai may refer to:

• Li Rubai (1553–1620), a general of the Ming dynasty
• Salim Ali Rubai (1935–1978), head of state of South Yemen
• Rubai (album), an album by the Irish folk band Flook

Rubai is the second album of Irish folk band, Flook, released in 2002 under Flatfish Records.