Ashmoun

Ashmoun

Ashmoun

City in Monufia, Egypt

Not to be confused with Ashmun El Rumman.

Ashmoun (Arabic: أشمون) is a city in the south of Monufia Governorate, Egypt.

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The city's Arabic name comes from Coptic Chmoumi (Coptic: ϭⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ), of unclear etymology, that could be possibly related to a Coptic word for "spring, source" (Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ).[2] It was also known as Ashmoun Gerisat (Arabic: اشمون جريسات), a calque of Coptic: ϭⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡϯϩⲟⲧ, lit. 'Chmoumi of Ptihot', where Ptihot is a name of a nearby town, modern Gerays (Arabic: جريس).[3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Ashmūn (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 13.
  3. [3]
    Timm, Stefan. Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 192–193.
  4. [4]
    Timm, Stefan. Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. pp. 2061–2062.


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