قسمت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

قسمت (form I)

1. قَسَمْتُ (qasamtu) /qa.sam.tu/: first-person singular past active of قَسَمَ (qasama)
2. قَسَمْتَ (qasamta) /qa.sam.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of قَسَمَ (qasama)
3. قَسَمْتِ (qasamti) /qa.sam.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of قَسَمَ (qasama)
4. قَسَمَتْ (qasamat) /qa.sa.mat/: third-person feminine singular past active of قَسَمَ (qasama)
5. قُسِمْتُ (qusimtu) /qu.sim.tu/: first-person singular past passive of قَسَمَ (qasama)
6. قُسِمْتَ (qusimta) /qu.sim.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of قَسَمَ (qasama)
7. قُسِمْتِ (qusimti) /qu.sim.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of قَسَمَ (qasama)
8. قُسِمَتْ (qusimat) /qu.si.mat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of قَسَمَ (qasama)

Etymology 2

Verb

قسمت (form II)

1. قَسَّمْتُ (qassamtu) /qas.sam.tu/: first-person singular past active of قَسَّمَ (qassama)
2. قَسَّمْتَ (qassamta) /qas.sam.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of قَسَّمَ (qassama)
3. قَسَّمْتِ (qassamti) /qas.sam.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of قَسَّمَ (qassama)
4. قَسَّمَتْ (qassamat) /qas.sa.mat/: third-person feminine singular past active of قَسَّمَ (qassama)
5. قُسِّمْتُ (qussimtu) /qus.sim.tu/: first-person singular past passive of قَسَّمَ (qassama)
6. قُسِّمْتَ (qussimta) /qus.sim.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of قَسَّمَ (qassama)
7. قُسِّمْتِ (qussimti) /qus.sim.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of قَسَّمَ (qassama)
8. قُسِّمَتْ (qussimat) /qus.si.mat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of قَسَّمَ (qassama)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• գըսմէթ (kısmet) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma). Cognate with Classical Persian قِسْمَت (qismat).

Noun

قسمت • (kısmet)

1. division; apportionment
2. lot, destiny, kismet

Related terms

• قسم (kısm)

Descendants

• Turkish: kısmet
• → Crimean Tatar: qısmet
• → Albanian: kësmet
• → Armenian: ղսմաթ (ġsmatʻ)
• → Hungarian: kiszmet
• → Macedonian: касмет (kasmet)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Latin script: kìsmet
  • Cyrillic script: кѝсмет
• → English: kismet, kismat
• → Russian: кисмет (kismet)

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kısmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2637
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قسمت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 960
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kısmet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قسمت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1453

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic قَسَمَ (qasama)

Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma)bor.

Persian قِسْمَت

Borrowed from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma), from قَسَمَ (qasama). Cognate with Ottoman Turkish قِسْمَت (kısmet).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qis.ˈmat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɪs.mǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɪs.mǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɪs.mǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qis.mǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qes.mǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qis.mǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	qismat
Dari reading?	qismat
Iranian reading?	ġesmat
Tajik reading?	qismat

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	قسمت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қисмат

قسمت • (qesmat) (plural قسمت‌ها (qesmat-hâ))

1. part, portion, section, division

   Synonyms: سهم (sahm), بخش (baxš), جزء (joz')

   قسمت شهر ― qesmat-e šahr ― portion of the city

   به سه قسمت تقسیم شده بود.

   be se qesmat taqsim šode bud.

   It was divided into three parts.

   • 2024 April 30, “یک سند محرمانه از تعرض جنسی به نیکا شاکرمی و جزئیات قتل او به دست نیروهای امنیتی ایران پرده برداشت”, in bbc.com/persian‎^[3], BBC Persian:

     پس از بازداشت و انتقال او به قسمت پشت وانت یخچال‌دار، یکی از مردان در حالیکه روی نیکا نشسته بود به آزار و اذیت جنسی او پرداخت.

     pas az bâzdâšt o enteqâl-e u be qesmat-e pošt-e vânet-e yaxčâl-dâr, yeki az mardân dar hâli-ke ru-ye nikâ nešaste bud be âzâr o aziyat-e jensi-ye u pardâxt.

     After arresting her and moving her to the back part of the refrigerated truck, one of the men began sexually harassing her while sitting on top of her.

2. lot, kismet, fate, destiny

   Synonyms: سرنوشت (sarnevešt), تقدیر (taqdir)

3. division

   قابل قسمت ― qâbel-e qesmat ― divisible

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qismət
• → Bengali: কিসমত (kiśomot), কিসমৎ (kiśomot)
• → Georgian: ყისმათი (q̇ismati)
• → Gujarati: કિસ્મત (kismat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़िस्मत (qismat)

  Urdu: قِسْمَت (qismat)

  • → Tamil: கிஸ்மத் (kismat)

• → Punjabi: ਕ਼ਿਸਮਤ (qismat), قِسْمَت (qismat)
• → Uyghur: قىسمەت (qismet)
• → Uzbek: qismat

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic قَسَمَ (qasama)

Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma)bor.

Classical Persian قِسْمَت (qismat)bor.

Classical Persian قِسْمَت (qismat)bor.

Urdu قِسْمَت (qismat)influ.

Punjabi قِسْمَت (qismat)

Borrowed from Classical Persian قِسْمَت (qismat), borrowed from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma), from قَسَمَ (qasama).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /qɪs.mət̪/, [kɪsᵊ.mət̪ᵊ]

Noun

قِسْمَت • (qismat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕ਼ਿਸਮਤ)

1. destiny; fate; kismet

   Synonyms: لیکھ (lekh), بھاگ (bhāg), نَصِیب (naṣīb)

2. luck
3. (rare) division

Declension

Declension of قسمت

	singular	plural
direct	قِسْمَت (qismat)	قِسْمَتاں (qismatāṉ)
oblique	قِسْمَت (qismat)	قِسْمَتاں (qismatāṉ)
vocative	قِسْمَتے (qismate)	قِسْمَتو (qismato)
ablative	قِسْمَتوں (qismatoṉ)	قِسْمَتاں (qismatāṉ)
locative	قِسْمَتی (qismatī)	قِسْمَتِیں (qismatīṉ)
instrumental	قِسْمَتِیں (qismatīṉ)	قِسْمَتے (qismate)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “قِسمَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “قسمت”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਕਿਸਮਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic قَسَمَ (qasama)

Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma)bor.

Classical Persian قِسْمَت (qismat)bor.

Urdu قِسْمَت (qismat)

Borrowed from Classical Persian قِسْمَت (qismat), borrowed from Arabic قِسْمَة (qisma), from قَسَمَ (qasama).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɪs.mət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: قِسْ‧مَت

Noun

قِسْمَت • (qismat) f (Hindi spelling क़िस्मत)

1. fate
2. kismet
3. destiny
4. division
5. partition
6. section
7. category
8. portion

Descendants

• → Tamil: கிஸ்மத் (kismat)