kismet

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Kismet is a word derived from Turkish and Hindi-Urdu, meaning Fate or Destiny, a predetermined course of events. The word evolved from Persian qesmat, from Arabic qisma, meaning "lot", from qasama, "to divide, allot". Kismet is also used in Bulgarian, Macedonian, and in some dialects of Serbo-Croatian as luck.

The first recorded use of the word in English was by Edward Backhouse Eastwick who used the word, spelled "kismat", in his 1849 novel Dry Leaves from Young Egypt.

Kismet may also refer to:

Geography

• Kismet, California, an unincorporated community
• Kismet, Kansas, a village near the state's southwestern corner
• Kismet, New York, a hamlet on Fire Island, New York

Art and literature

Stage

• Kismet (play), an original 1911 play by Edward Knoblock
• Kismet (musical), 1953 musical version

Film

• Kismet (1920 film), starring Otis Skinner and directed by Louis J. Gasnier
• Kismet (1930 film), starring Loretta Young and Otis Skinner
• Kismet (1932 film), Hindi film directed by Baburao Patel
• Kismet (1943 film), Hindi film which stars Ashok Kumar
• Kismet (1944 film), starring Ronald Colman and Marlene Dietrich
• Kismet (1955 film), directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on the 1953 musical

Comics

• Kismet (Marvel Comics), a superheroine
• Kismet (DC Comics), a character

Music

• Kismet (album), 2007 first major album release by artist Jesca Hoop
• Kismet, an album collaboration of Greek and Turkish music, by Stelios Petrakis and Bijan Cherimani of the Chemirani Ensemble
• "Kismet", a track from Harum Scarum (album) by Elvis Presley
• "Kismet", a track from Born album by Bond, used in the Main Theme of the film Johnny English
• "Kismet", a song on the album Thy Kingdom Gone by the band Flowing Tears
• "Kismet", a song on German band Amon Düül II's 1979 album Only Human, featured on Dusty Fingers Volume 1
• Kismet (Macedonian band), a 1993-1999 Australian rock group formed as an offshoot of Mizar (band)

Games

• Kismet, a Magic: The Gathering card associated with Gwendlyn Di Corci
• Kismet (dice game), similar to Yahtzee

Technology

• Kismet (software), software used to analyze wireless network traffic
• Kismet (robot), a robot intended to demonstrate simulated emotion
• Kismet (gameplay scripting), scripting tool for the Unreal Engine from Epic Games
• Akismet, short for "Automattic Kismet" [sic], a server-based spam filter

Other uses

• Kismet (chocolate bar)

See also

• Moirai

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