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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kiz-mit, -met, kis-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪz mɪt, -mɛt, ˈkɪs-


Definition of kismet

Origin :
  • "fate, destiny," 1834, from Turkish qismet, from Arabic qismah, qismat "portion, lot, fate," from root of qasama "he divided."
  • From a nation of enthusiasts and conquerors, the Osmanlis became a nation of sleepers and smokers. They came into Europe with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other: were they driven out of their encampment, it would be with the Koran in one hand and the pipe in the other, crying: 'Kismet! Kismet! Allah kehrim!' (God hath willed it! God is great!) [Dr. James O. Noyes, "The Ottoman Empire," "The Knickerbocker," October 1858]
  • Popularized as the title of a novel in 1877.
  • noun fate, fortune
Example sentences :
  • Yielding to a conviction that it was to be, I murmured “Kismet,” and descended from my chariot.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • If these "gifts of God" suffer and are a burden to others that is kismet.
  • Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • It is your kismet, as it was Gaddy's, and his kismet who can avoid?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Yet there are wise men who can read our kismet, and foretell.
  • Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat
  • One told me the other day that he heard the steps of Kismet.
  • Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
  • My reply was 'Kismet,' which means that it was a sin to think of the future.
  • Extract from : « Travels in Central Asia » by Arminius Vmbry
  • “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
  • Extract from : « Modern Broods » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • Some will say that it was the senior's kismet, but let that pass.
  • Extract from : « War's Brighter Side » by Julian Ralph.
  • It is your kismet; it is Fate; and what am I, to resist Destiny?
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 » by Various
  • To do this was his Kismet, his decreed fate, and he was content—and why not?
  • Extract from : « Told in the Coffee House » by Cyrus Adler

Synonyms for kismet

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