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‖ kismet|ˈkɪsmɛt, ˈkɪzmɪt|
Also kismat, kismut.
[Turk. kismet, Pers. qismat, a. Arab. qisma(t) portion, lot, fate, f. qasama to divide.]
Destiny, fate.
1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 46 One day a man related to me a story of Kismat or destiny. 1865Mrs. Gaskell in Cornh. Mag. Feb. 219 It's a pity when these old Saxon houses vanish off the land; but it is ‘kismet’ with the Hamleys. 1883F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs i. 19 The stars or the fates..or whatever you like to term your kismet. |