kismet

Dictionary: kis·met (kĭz'mĕt', -mĭt) pronunciation

n.
Fate; fortune.

[Turkish, from Persian qismat, from Arabic qisma, lot, from qasama, to divide, allot.]

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Physics and fate may not ordinarily be mentioned in the same breath, but a New York Times article on particle physicist Lisa Randall did it:

"Preferring to stay closer to testable reality, Dr. Randall was drawn to a bottom-up approach to theoretical physics, trying to build models that explain observed phenomena and hoping to discover principles with wider application. But Dr. Randall and string theory had their own kismet."

Link: On Gravity, Oreos and a Theory of Everything

Posted November 2, 2005.

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IN BRIEF: Fate or fortune.

It was pure kismet that Ester happen to look down into the man hole and into the eyes of her future husband.

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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Kismet.

Kismet may refer to:

Fate or Destiny in Turkish, a predetermined course of events, from Persian qismat, from Arabic qisma, lot, from qasama, to divide, allot; see qsm in Semitic roots. A key principle in Islam.

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- 1.2 Film
- 1.3 Comics
- 1.4 Music
- 1.5 Games
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3 Other uses

Geography

Kismet, California, an unincorporated community
Kismet, Kansas, a small town in the United States
Kismet, New York, a hamlet on Fire Island, New York

Stage

Kismet (musical)

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, a track by Elvis Presley, which appeared in the film Harum Scarum
Kismet, 2007 first major album release by artist Jesca Hoop
Kismet, composed by Gay-Yee, performed by Bond, the fifth track on the Born album, used in the Main Theme of the film Johnny English
Kismet, an album collaboration of Greek and Turkish music, by Stelios Petrakis and Bijan Cherimani of the Chemirani Ensemble

Games

Kismet, a card in Magic: The Gathering by Wizards of the Coast.
Kismet, a planet from the game Escape Velocity: Nova.
Kismet, a weapon in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.

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", a server-based spam filter (the "Automattic" is a play on "automatic" and the name of Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of the blog software WordPress)

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Translations: Kismet

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kismet, den uafvendelige skæbne

Nederlands (Dutch)
noodlot

Français (French)
n. - destin, sort, fortune

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kismet, Schicksal

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) κισμέτ, μοίρα, πεπρωμένο

Italiano (Italian)
destino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - destino (m), sorte (f)

Русский (Russian)
судьба, рок

Español (Spanish)
n. - destino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kismet, öde (islam)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
命运, 天命

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 命運, 天命

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 운명, 숙명

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アッラーの意志, 運命

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) النصيب, القدر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גורל, יעוד‬

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