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Khayyam is an English word starting with the letter K. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.

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Khayyam in a sentence

Using Khayyam

  • In the example corpus, khayyam often appears in combinations such as: to khayyam, omar khayyam.

Context around Khayyam

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

omar 3× examining 1× great 1× aside 1× license 1× repudiated 1×

Often after:

varies 1× used 1× show 1× saccheri 1×

Sentence patterns with Khayyam

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

added to khayyam s diwan 1× attributed to khayyam varies from 1× basis of khayyam s rubaiyat 1× collection of khayyam s poetry 1× everything aside khayyam never identified 1× examining khayyam s life 1× guise to khayyam saccheri and 1× however repudiated khayyam and the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

authenticity and analysis 1× everything aside khayyam 1× examining khayyam s 1× fitzgerald gave the 1× his focus was 1× his mausoleum is 1×

Common sentence endings:

a single domain 1× binomial coefficients citation 1× by asha bhosle 1× for various reasons 1× his enchanting songs 1× his extensive annotations 1×

Words around Khayyam

Just before it in the word index:

khayum 4 khayri 4 khayr 3 khayman 5 khayisa 2 khayelitsha 16

Just after it in the word index:

khayyoo 2 khazad 3 khazali 2 khazan 3 khazana 2 khazanah 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 23 abovementioned 23 abr 23 abrdn 23 accompanist 23 accumulators 23

Corpus analysis for Khayyam

  • In this selection, "khayyam" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, omar, examining, great, varies, used and show stand out and add context to how "khayyam" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include added to khayyam s diwan and attributed to khayyam varies from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "khayyam" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with khayyam

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Yogananda makes an argument for the mystical basis of Khayyam's Rubaiyat. (12 words)

Everything aside, Khayyam never identified himself as a Sufi nor did anyone in his time. (15 words)

Examining Khayyam’s life and work reveals that his contributions cannot be confined to a single domain. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

FitzGerald gave the Rubaiyat a distinct fatalistic spin, although it has been claimed that he softened the impact of Khayyam's nihilism and his preoccupation with the mortality and transience of all things. (33 words)

His focus was to faithfully convey, with less poetic license, Khayyam's original religious, mystical, and historic Persian themes, through the verses as well as his extensive annotations. (28 words)

This problem was known (in a different guise) to Khayyam, Saccheri and Lambert and was the basis for their rejecting what was known as the "obtuse angle case". (28 words)

Example sentences (18)

His mausoleum is a modern monument of white marble erected over Omar Khayyam's tomb located in Nishapur.

Examining Khayyam’s life and work reveals that his contributions cannot be confined to a single domain.

The film is best known for Khayyam’s music and Shahryar’s lyrics brought to life by the mellifluous renditions by Asha Bhosle.

I then learnt that the great Khayyam had received a phone call from the equally versatile and humble A. R. Rahman, lauding his enchanting songs.

Authenticity and analysis The number of quatrains attributed to Khayyam varies from about 1,200 (according to Saeed Nafisi ) to over 2,000.

Everything aside, Khayyam never identified himself as a Sufi nor did anyone in his time.

FitzGerald gave the Rubaiyat a distinct fatalistic spin, although it has been claimed that he softened the impact of Khayyam's nihilism and his preoccupation with the mortality and transience of all things.

His focus was to faithfully convey, with less poetic license, Khayyam's original religious, mystical, and historic Persian themes, through the verses as well as his extensive annotations.

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Khayyam used a method of finding nth roots based on the binomial expansion, and therefore on the binomial coefficients. citation.

Many of the verses are paraphrased, and some of them cannot be confidently traced to any one of Khayyam's quatrains at all.

Many scholars believe that not all the attributed quatrains are authentic and some have been added to Khayyam's Diwan in later years for various reasons.

Six episodes of The Idiot Weekly were remade by the BBC as The Omar Khayyam Show in 1963.

Some religious hardliners however repudiated Khayyam and the like altogether (and to a lesser extent still do today).

The Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam was probably familiar with the formula to higher orders, although many of his mathematical works are lost.

The Wine of Nishapour is the collection of Khayyam's poetry by Shahrokh Golestan, including Golestan's pictures in front of each poem.

This problem was known (in a different guise) to Khayyam, Saccheri and Lambert and was the basis for their rejecting what was known as the "obtuse angle case".

Translations The nature of a translation very much depends on what interpretation one places on Khayyam's philosophy.

Yogananda makes an argument for the mystical basis of Khayyam's Rubaiyat.

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Common combinations with khayyam

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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