Alternative spellings of this word include Kismat.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kismata (किस्मत) [Also spelled kismat]:—(nf) fate, fortune, lot, luck; ~[vara] lucky, fortunate; —[ājamānā] to take one’s chance, to chance one’s arm, to try one’s luck; —[kā khela] irony of fate; —[cakkara/phera] (a stroke of) ill luck; —[kā dhanī] lucky, fortunate; —[kā likhā] the decree of fate, dictates of destiny; —[kā heṭhā] one who is humbled by fortune, not a favourite of Dame Luck; —[apane hātha meṃ hotī hai] every man is the architect of his own fate; —[kisī ko takhta detī hai, kisī ko takhtā] fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother;—[khulanā/camakanā/jāganā/phiranā] to have a favourable turn of fortune, to have an advent of good luck; —[palaṭanā/ulaṭanā] to have a turn of fortune, to have a sudden change in the course of one’s luck; —[phūṭanā] to fall into adversity, to have a stroke of ill luck; —[laḍanā] to have a run of good luck; —[laḍānā] to test/try one’s luck; —[so jānā] fortune to turn its back upon.

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Ends with: Khushakismata.

Full-text: Pashta, Past, Ya, Phuta, Kismat, Bad, Bada.

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