kismet
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قسمت (kısmet, “fate, destiny”) (Turkish kısmet), from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma, “division, lot, destiny”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
kismet (usually uncountable, plural kismets)
- Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
- 2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Sexualised Catholicism, at the dawn of MTV, was Madonna’s first stroke of kismet.
- 2016, Derek James, "How I learned to appreciate Tim Duncan", Hardwood Paroxysm:
- "Whether it was kismet, luck, or Divine Intervention, we don't know."
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Serbo-Croatian
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قسمت (kısmet), from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma).
Pronunciation
Noun
kìsmet m (Cyrillic spelling кѝсмет)
Declension
Declension of kismet
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