é impressionante o poder encantatório da palavra.
mais a dita mas também a escrita,
movem o mundo,
e a montanha
a qualquer maomé que a use bem,
não necessariamente para o bem,
amém.
domingo, fevereiro 08, 2004
Kismet
kis·met ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kzmt, -mt)
n. Fate; fortune.
[Turkish, from Persian qismat, from Arabic qisma, lot, from qasama, to divide, allot. See qsm in Semitic Roots.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
kismet was Word of the Day on May 2, 2000. (Source: Dictionary.com Word of the Day )
\Kis"met\, n. [Per. qismat.] Destiny; fate. [Written also kismat.] [Oriental]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
n : (Islamic) the will of Allah [syn: kismat]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
kismet, KS (city, FIPS 37325)
Location: 37.20500 N, 100.70057 W
Population (1990): 421 (174 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67859
kismet, NY
Zip code(s): 11706
Serendipity
Dictionary.com/serendipity: "ser.en.dip.i.ty
The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.
The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.
An instance of making such a discovery.
[From the characters in the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, who made such discoveries, from Persian Sarandp, Sri Lanka, from Arabic sarandb.]"
seren·dipi·tous adj.
seren·dipi·tous·ly adv.
Word History: We are indebted to the English author Horace Walpole for the word serendipity, which he coined in one of the 3,000 or more letters on which his literary reputation primarily rests. In a letter of January 28, 1754, Walpole says that “this discovery, indeed, is almost of that kind which I call Serendipity, a very expressive word.” Walpole formed the word on an old name for Sri Lanka, Serendip. He explained that this name was part of the title of “a silly fairy tale, called The Three Princes of Serendip: as their highnesses traveled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of....”
The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.
The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.
An instance of making such a discovery.
[From the characters in the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, who made such discoveries, from Persian Sarandp, Sri Lanka, from Arabic sarandb.]"
seren·dipi·tous adj.
seren·dipi·tous·ly adv.
Word History: We are indebted to the English author Horace Walpole for the word serendipity, which he coined in one of the 3,000 or more letters on which his literary reputation primarily rests. In a letter of January 28, 1754, Walpole says that “this discovery, indeed, is almost of that kind which I call Serendipity, a very expressive word.” Walpole formed the word on an old name for Sri Lanka, Serendip. He explained that this name was part of the title of “a silly fairy tale, called The Three Princes of Serendip: as their highnesses traveled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of....”
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