Fustat

English

Alternative forms

• Fostat

Etymology

From Arabic الفُسطاط (al-Fusṭāṭ).

Proper noun

Fustat

1. (historical) Synonym of Cairo, a city in Egypt, as the capital of Egypt under the Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbasid Caliphates and as the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate.

Translations

former capital of Egypt — see also Cairo

• Arabic: الفُسطاط (al-Fusṭāṭ)
• Coptic: ⲫⲩⲥⲧⲁⲧⲟⲛ (Phustaton), ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ (Babulōn), ⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ (Lioui)
• Ottoman Turkish: فسطاط (Fustat)