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kismet

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kis⋅met

  [kiz-mit, -met, kis-]
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–noun
fate; destiny.
Also, kis⋅mat  [kiz-muht, kis-] .

Origin:
1840–50; < Turk < Pers qismat < Ar qismah division, portion, lot, fate, akin to qasama to divide
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kis·met   (kĭz'mět', -mĭt)   
n.  Fate; fortune.

[Turkish, from Persian qismat, from Arabic qisma, lot, from qasama, to divide, allot; see qsm in Semitic roots.]
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kismet 
1834, from Turk. qismet, from Ar. qismah, qismat "portion, lot, fate," from root of qasama "he divided."
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