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Kismet

//ˈkɪz.mɛt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in Madera County, California.
  2. 2
    A small city in Seward County, Kansas.
  3. 3
    A hamlet in Suffolk County, New York.
Noun
  1. 1
    Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny. uncountable, usually

    "But these things are kismet, and we only find out all about them just when any knowledge is too late."

  2. 2
    (Islam) the will of Allah wordnet

Etymology

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

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