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Where does “късмет” come from?

късмет (Bulgarian) comes from Turkish kısmet, from Ottoman Turkish قسمت, from Arabic قِسْمَة, from Arabic قَسَمَ, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.

късмет (Bulgarian): fortune, luck, kismet; take care, bye bye

Definitions

  1. fortune, luck, kismet; take care, bye bye

Ancestry of “късмет”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkısmetfate; kismet
2Ottoman Turkishقسمتfate, destiny
3Arabicقِسْمَةportion, fate; division, lot, destiny; destiny
4Arabicقَسَمَto divide, to foreordain
5Arabicسwill
6Arabicسَوْفَ{{qualifier|future tense marker}}
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