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kismet

 (n): (Islam) the will of Allah
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about 1 year ago arby said:

I like ka better. Something about this word rubs me the wrong way, but I have no idea what it is.

about 1 year ago thinkcharlene said: As heard in . . .

Kismet

about 1 year ago Ecrivaine33 said: About Kismet...

kismet (kizmet, kizmat, kizmit) turkish from Arabic qismah portion, lot noun fate, fortune, destiny: "It’s predestined on the face of it. Yes, tell him it’s Kismet. Kismet, mallum? (Fate! Do you understand?)" (Rudyard Kipling, Kim, 1901).

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