क़िस्मत

See also: क़िस्म

Hindi

Alternative forms

क़िसमत (qismat) — alternative spelling
किसमत (kismat), किस्मत (kismat) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic قَسَمَ (qasama)

Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma)bor.

Classical Persian (qismat)bor.

Hindi क़िस्मत (qismat)

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qismat), borrowed from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma), from قَسَمَ (qasama). Compare Bengali কিসমত (kiśomot), Punjabi ਕ਼ਿਸਮਤ (qismat), Tamil கிஸ்மத் (kismat).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /qɪs.mət̪/, [qɪs.mɐt̪], /kɪs.mət̪/, [kɪs.mɐt̪]

Noun

क़िस्मत • (qismat) f (Urdu spelling قسمت)

Declension

Declension of *क़िस्मत* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	क़िस्मत qismat	क़िस्मतें qismatẽ
oblique	क़िस्मत qismat	क़िस्मतों qismatõ
vocative	क़िस्मत qismat	क़िस्मतो qismato

Derived terms

क़िस्मतवाला (qismatvālā, “fortunate”)
ख़ुशक़िस्मत (xuśqismat, “fortunate”)
ख़ुशक़िस्मती (xuśqismatī, “fortune”)
बदक़िस्मत (badqismat, “unfortunate”)
बदक़िस्मती (badqismatī, “misfortunate”)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़िस्मत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Bahri, Hardev (1989) “क़िस्मत”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “क़िस्मत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House