فسطاط

Arabic

Alternative forms

فُسْتَاط (fustāṭ), فُسَّاط (fussāṭ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek φοσσᾶτον (phossâton), from Late Latin fossātum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fus.tˤaːtˤ/, /fis.tˤaːtˤ/

Noun

فُسْطَاط or فِسْطَاط • (fusṭāṭ or fisṭāṭ) m (plural فَسَاطِيط (fasāṭīṭ)) (obsolete, Egypt from about 640 CE)

borough, camp, fortification
- a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[1], volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, page 896:

Declension

Declension of noun **فُسْطَاط** (fusṭāṭ)‎; **فِسْطَاط** (fisṭāṭ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُسْطَاط‎; فِسْطَاط fusṭāṭ‎; fisṭāṭ	الْفُسْطَاط‎; الْفِسْطَاط al-fusṭāṭ‎; al-fisṭāṭ	فُسْطَاط‎; فِسْطَاط fusṭāṭ‎; fisṭāṭ
nominative	فُسْطَاطٌ‎; فِسْطَاطٌ fusṭāṭun‎; fisṭāṭun	الْفُسْطَاطُ‎; الْفِسْطَاطُ al-fusṭāṭu‎; al-fisṭāṭu	فُسْطَاطُ‎; فِسْطَاطُ fusṭāṭu‎; fisṭāṭu
accusative	فُسْطَاطًا‎; فِسْطَاطًا fusṭāṭan‎; fisṭāṭan	الْفُسْطَاطَ‎; الْفِسْطَاطَ al-fusṭāṭa‎; al-fisṭāṭa	فُسْطَاطَ‎; فِسْطَاطَ fusṭāṭa‎; fisṭāṭa
genitive	فُسْطَاطٍ‎; فِسْطَاطٍ fusṭāṭin‎; fisṭāṭin	الْفُسْطَاطِ‎; الْفِسْطَاطِ al-fusṭāṭi‎; al-fisṭāṭi	فُسْطَاطِ‎; فِسْطَاطِ fusṭāṭi‎; fisṭāṭi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُسْطَاطَيْن‎; فِسْطَاطَيْن fusṭāṭayn‎; fisṭāṭayn	الْفُسْطَاطَيْن‎; الْفِسْطَاطَيْن al-fusṭāṭayn‎; al-fisṭāṭayn	فُسْطَاطَيْ‎; فِسْطَاطَيْ fusṭāṭay‎; fisṭāṭay
nominative	فُسْطَاطَانِ‎; فِسْطَاطَانِ fusṭāṭāni‎; fisṭāṭāni	الْفُسْطَاطَانِ‎; الْفِسْطَاطَانِ al-fusṭāṭāni‎; al-fisṭāṭāni	فُسْطَاطَا‎; فِسْطَاطَا fusṭāṭā‎; fisṭāṭā
accusative	فُسْطَاطَيْنِ‎; فِسْطَاطَيْنِ fusṭāṭayni‎; fisṭāṭayni	الْفُسْطَاطَيْنِ‎; الْفِسْطَاطَيْنِ al-fusṭāṭayni‎; al-fisṭāṭayni	فُسْطَاطَيْ‎; فِسْطَاطَيْ fusṭāṭay‎; fisṭāṭay
genitive	فُسْطَاطَيْنِ‎; فِسْطَاطَيْنِ fusṭāṭayni‎; fisṭāṭayni	الْفُسْطَاطَيْنِ‎; الْفِسْطَاطَيْنِ al-fusṭāṭayni‎; al-fisṭāṭayni	فُسْطَاطَيْ‎; فِسْطَاطَيْ fusṭāṭay‎; fisṭāṭay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَسَاطِيط fasāṭīṭ	الْفَسَاطِيط al-fasāṭīṭ	فَسَاطِيط fasāṭīṭ
nominative	فَسَاطِيطُ fasāṭīṭu	الْفَسَاطِيطُ al-fasāṭīṭu	فَسَاطِيطُ fasāṭīṭu
accusative	فَسَاطِيطَ fasāṭīṭa	الْفَسَاطِيطَ al-fasāṭīṭa	فَسَاطِيطَ fasāṭīṭa
genitive	فَسَاطِيطَ fasāṭīṭa	الْفَسَاطِيطِ al-fasāṭīṭi	فَسَاطِيطِ fasāṭīṭi

Derived terms

الْفُسْطَاط (al-fusṭāṭ)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْفُسْطَاط (al-fusṭāṭ).

Proper noun

فسطاط • (Fustat)

(historical) Fustat (the former capital of Egypt)

Synonyms

قاهره (Kâhire) (loose)

References

Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Fustat”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 274