Kismet

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:

Contents 1 Geography 2 Art and literature 2.1 Stage 2.2 Books and magazines 2.3 Film 2.4 Comics 2.5 Music 3 Games 4 Technology 5 Other uses 5.1 See also

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

Books and magazines

• Kismet: A Kayankaya Thriller, novel by Jakob Arjouni and Anthea Bell
• Kismet, romance novel by Monica Burns
• Kismet, novel by K. T. Archer
• Kismet, a collection of short stories, edited by PMC in 2009; Guimarães Ed., Lisbon
• KISMET Magazine, an international online magazine published in five versions (US, UK, Netherlands, Germany, and international)
• Kismet, a trilogy of romance books by Jaci Burton (Winterland Destiny, Fiery Fate and Aftermath)

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, 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, an album by Márta Sebestyén, a Hungarian folk and traditional music singer
• "Kismet", a track by Elvis Presley, which appears in Harum Scarum
• "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", a song on the album Thy Kingdom Gone by the band Flowing Tears
• "Kismet", a 1978 song by German band Amon Düül II

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
• 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

• Moirae

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