kismet(n.)
"命运,宿命",1834年出现,源自土耳其 qismet,来自阿拉伯语 qismah, qismat,意为“命运,机会”,起源于源于 qasama “他分配”之意。
From a nation of enthusiasts and conquerors, the Osmanlis became a nation of sleepers and smokers. They came into Europe with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other: were they driven out of their encampment, it would be with the Koran in one hand and the pipe in the other, crying: 'Kismet! Kismet! Allah kehrim!' (God hath willed it! God is great!) [Dr. James O. Noyes, "The Ottoman Empire," "The Knickerbocker," October 1858]
奥斯曼帝国是一个热情而征服的民族,他们进入欧洲时一手持剑,一手持古兰经。如果他们被赶出了自己的营地,他们也会一手拿着古兰经,一手拿着烟斗,哭喊着:“ 'Kismet! Kismet! Allah kehrim!' (真主意愿它!真主伟大!)。” [詹姆斯·O·诺伊士博士,“奥斯曼帝国”,“纽约市立大学杂志”,1858年十月]
在1877年的小说题目中广为流传。
该词起源时间:1834年