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Kismet

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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fate, destiny, a term used by Mahommedans to express all the incidents and details of man's lot in life. The word is the Turkish form of the Arabic gismat, from gasama, to divide.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Kismet'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​k/kismet.html. 1910.
 
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