English-Thai Dictionary

kismet

N โชคชะตา  destiny fate chok-cha-ta

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KISMET

Kis "met, n. Etym: [Per. qismat.]

 

Defn: Destiny; fate. [Written also kismat.] [Oriental ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

kismet

kis met |ˈkizmit, -ˌmet ˈkɪzˌmɛt | ▶noun destiny; fate: what chance did I stand against kismet? ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Turkish, from Arabic ḳismat ‘division, portion, lot, ’ from ḳasama ‘to divide. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

kismet

kismet |ˈkɪzmɛt, -mɪt, -s- | ▶noun [ mass noun ] destiny; fate: what chance did I stand against kismet? ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Turkish, from Arabic qisma ‘division, portion, lot ’, from qasama ‘to divide ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

kismet

kismet noun what chance did I stand against kismet? fate, destiny, fortune, providence, the stars, God's will, what is written in the stars, one's doom, one's portion, one's lot, one's lot in life, karma, predestination, preordination, predetermination, what is to come, the writing on the wall; luck, chance; archaic one's dole; rare predestiny.

 

Duden Dictionary

Kismet

Kis met Substantiv, Neutrum islamische Religion , das |K i smet |das Kismet; Genitiv: des Kismets türkisch kısmet < arabisch qisma h = Zugeteiltes dem Menschen von Gott zugeteiltes Los, dem er nicht entgehen kann figurativ Kismet ! (da ist nichts zu machen! )

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

kismet

kis met /kɪ́zmet, kɪ́s -/〖＜トルコ, アラビア 〗名詞 U ｟かたく ｠運命, 宿命 (destiny, fate ).