kismet
noun
[ ˈkɪzmɛt ]
• destiny; fate.
• "what chance did I stand against kismet?"
Similar:
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,
one's dole,
predestiny,
Origin:
early 19th century: from Turkish, from Arabic qisma ‘division, portion, lot’, from qasama ‘to divide’.
