Dictionary

kismet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɪs.mɛt/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• /ˈkɪz.mɛt/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
   • "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." 1917, Percival Christopher Wren, “The Rafters”, in The Young Stagers:
   • Sexualised Catholicism, at the dawn of MTV, was Madonna’s first stroke of kismet. 2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian:
   • But at this point fickle Kismet, who for a day had played with him bitterly and sardonically, decided to reward him in full for the amusement he had afforded her. Kismet turned the tawny eyes of the snake-charmer to the camel. Kismet led her to lean toward the man beside her and say, "Who's that? That camel?" 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter III, in The Camel's Back:
   • But these things are kismet, and we only find out all about them just when any knowledge is too late. 1887, Rudyard Kipling, Bitters Neat:

Forms

Deriveds

kismesis · kismetic

Synonyms

weird · doom · lot · portion · destiny · fatality · fate · fate · wyrd · kismet · lot · destin · orlay · foredoom · destiny · foreordination · predestination · fortune · qadar · chance · fortune · preordination · predestiny

Translations (71)

mk касмет (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sh udes (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · cs osud (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi भाग्य (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · fi kohtalo (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · ka ბედი (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sh удес (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sh krsmet (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · es hado (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · id nasib (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi नसीब (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · es kismet (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi कर्म (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · es destino (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · ar قِسْمَة (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · mk крсмет (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · lad kismet (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sh кисмет (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi तकदीर (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sh sudbina (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · fr destin (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi भाग (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · pl przeznaczenie (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · eo sorco (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · th ลิขิตสวรรค์ (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · ro câsmet (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · ka ბედისწერა (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · mk судбина (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · fa تقدیر (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · tr kısmet (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · pl los (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · it destino (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hy ղսմաթ (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi करम (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · pt quismete (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi तक़दीर (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · is sköp (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · ka იღბალი (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · ka ყისმათი (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sk kismet (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hu kiszmet (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · pt destino (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · it fato (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · th ลิขิตฟ้า (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · io kismet (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · kk кисмет (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · uz qismat (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · ur قسمت (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · mk к’смет (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi लेख (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · id takdir (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · ru судьба́ (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sh судбина (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sh крсмет (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · az qismət (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi किसमत (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sd ڀاڳ (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · th พรหมลิขิต (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · pt sina (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi क़िस्मत (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · ru кисме́т (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · cmn 命運 /命运 (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi किस्मत (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · pt fado (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi मुकद्दर (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · es sino (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · hi मुक़द्दर (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · is örlög (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · nl lotbestemming (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · fa قسمت (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny) · sh kismet (fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny)