kismet
UK/ˈkɪz.mɛt/
kismet noun: fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
Noun
kismet (usually uncountable, plural kismets)
- Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
- 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
- "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
Proper noun capitalized: Kismet
Kismet
- An unincorporated community in Madera County, California.
- A small city in Seward County, Kansas.
- A hamlet in Suffolk County, New York.
kismet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
kismet in Hindi
- fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny
- क़िस्मत qismat, किसमत kismat, तक़दीर taqdīr, तकदीर takdīr, किस्मत kismat, लेख lekh
kismet in Tamil
- விதி, கருமம், தலைவிதி, தலையெழுத்து, துருக்கியம்
kismet in Urdu
- fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny
- قسمت qismat
kismet in Bengali
- ভাগ্য, নিয়তি
More languagesFewer languages
- kismet in Malayalam
- വിധി, ഭാഗ്യം, വിധിവിഹിതം, വിധിവിധ
- kismet in Punjabi
- قسمت qismat, ਕ਼ਿਸਮਤ qismat
- kismet in Gujarati
- કિસ્મત kismat
- kismet in Arabic
- قِسْمَة qisma
- kismet in Indonesian
- nasib, takdir
- kismet in Persian
- تقدیر taqdir, قسمت qesmat
- kismet in Thai
- พรหมลิขิต prom-lí-kìt, ลิขิตสวรรค์, ลิขิตฟ้า
- Sindhi
- ڀاڳ bhāg̠
Examples of kismet in a sentence
- 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.1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter III, in The Camel's Back:
- 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:
Synonyms of kismet
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Forms of kismet
| plural | kismets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kismat |
| alternative form | Kismet |
Origin of kismet
From Ottoman Turkish قسمت (kısmet, “fate, destiny”) (Turkish kısmet), from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma, “division, lot, destiny”).
Words formed from kismet
Questions about kismet
- What does kismet mean?
- Kismet means fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
- What is kismet in Hindi?
- Kismet in Hindi is क़िस्मत (qismat), किसमत (kismat), तक़दीर (taqdīr). See Kismet meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use kismet in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is kismet?
- Kismet can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kismet?
- Kismet is pronounced /ˈkɪz.mɛt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kismet?
- The plural of kismet is kismets.
Words near kismet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kismet (page history and authors); Kismet (page history and authors); kismet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kismet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kismet (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); قسمت (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કિસ્મત (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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