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kismet

noun
/ˈkɪz.mɛt/UK

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قسمت (kısmet, “fate, destiny”) (Turkish kısmet), from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma, “division, lot, destiny”).

  1. derived from قِسْمَة
  2. borrowed from قسمت — “fate, destiny”

Definitions

  1. Fate

    Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.

    • But these things are kismet, and we only find out all about them just when any knowledge is too late.
    • "Golly!" he cried. "I'm awfully sorry, Bo'sun, but you're It. You're luck's clean out to-day. What rotten Kismet you do have. The Lot fell on you all right, smack in the middle of your chest."

  2. An unincorporated community in Madera County, California.

  3. A small city in Seward County, Kansas.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A hamlet in Suffolk County, New York.

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